Milei once again compares progressivism and the left to a “cancer”

It was not enough for him to make threats on social media and write “tremble, you left-wing bastards.” At the Davos forum, he defended Elon Musk again, after he had made a Nazi salute, and he lashed out violently against what he calls the “woke ideology.”

January 23, 2025 by ARG Medios
Javier Milei at Davos. Photo: Screenshot

After making public threats to anyone with views opposing his own, Javier Milei spoke at the Davos Economic Forum, a gathering of leaders and representatives from key Western countries.

During his speech, the president once again sought to make headlines with a controversial speech, continuing his criticism of what he calls “woke ideology,” essentially the progressive agenda. The term “woke” originated in the US as a way to describe heightened awareness of social injustices.

For Milei, the great conflict of the world revolves around this issue. He called progressive ideology “the epidemic that must be cured and the cancer that must be eradicated,” again making extreme analogies. In fact, he previously considered the left “a disease of the soul.”

“Over the course of this year I have been able to find companions in this fight in every corner of the planet, from the wonderful Elon Musk , to the fierce Italian lady, my dear friend Giorgia Meloni; from (Nayib) Bukele in El Salvador to Viktor Orbán in Hungary; from Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, to Donald Trump in the United States,” he said, and admitted: “I no longer feel so alone.”

Milei then took the opportunity to defend billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and Space X, as well as X (formerly Twitter). This came after Musk made a Nazi salute that sparked widespread condemnation. For Milei, however, it was an “innocent gesture.”

“He has been unfairly vilified by the woke movement in recent hours for an innocent gesture,” he said.

Previously, on social media, Milei made a heartfelt statement defending Musk, whom he considers a “friend.” He then ended with a threatening remark: “We’re going to come looking for you in every corner of the planet. Lefty sons of bitches, be afraid.”

This article was initially published in Spanish by ARGmedios