Argentina's Milei plays Trump stand-in at G20 summit in Rio


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Nov 2024

Argentina's President Javier Milei attends the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As world leaders at the G20 summit in Brazil are bracing for the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the center of global affairs, one head of state in the room has given them an early taste of a familiar, iconoclastic right-wing style.

Denying climate science, dissenting on gender equality and blasting higher taxes on billionaires, Argentine President Javier Milei, fresh off meeting Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort, is spoiling for a fight with the global consensus.

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