Argentina president
Argentina’s president Javier Milei has declared that people are ‘jealous’ of his country because they are ‘good at almost everything’ – despite their shameful antics following their World Cup final defeat.
The libertarian leader, who claimed in April that the Falklands ‘will always be Argentine’, watched the final from home out of superstition, only to see them lose.
But Milei was left red-faced on Monday after he accidentally published a scheduled tweet celebrating an Argentina victory and announcing a national holiday which the public will now not get.
The president said: ‘The problem with Argentina is that we are flashy, we don’t go unnoticed, people are jealous of us, and we are good at almost everything.
‘I’m sorry, but someone had to say it.’
Milei has been outspoken in the wake of Argentina’s 1-0 defeat by Spain and insisted that refereeing decisions went against them. The South Americans had two shots all game.
That flies in the face of the consensus opinion throughout the tournament, which was that Argentina benefited from numerous favourable calls from officials.
The embattled president wrote on X: ‘WORLD CELEBRATION: Given the concern about the celebrations for the achievement reached by the Argentine National Team, I inform the population that, depending on what the Players and the Technical Staff decide regarding the day to celebrate, it will be declared a national holiday.’
Milei’s popularity has plummeted this year amid corruption allegations, with his cabinet chief recently resigning.
