Monica de Bol doubts that Trump shares Musk’s enthusiasm for a smaller state: “You can’t be a populist nationalist and care about the size of government. So Trump doesn’t care. He put Elon there because it’s fun to have someone. there’s a lot of noise.”
The economic debate continues and continues in both the US and Argentina. But ultimately, if half of your population supports you, that means the other half doesn’t. Trump will have to deal with it after his inauguration on January 20, but Miley already has to deal with her own polarized population.
As seen by Marcelo J. Garcia, Miley is a “divisive leader” who did not try to defeat his opponents.
“The other half of the country that didn’t support him may never support him, no matter how good the economy is, because he doesn’t want them to support him,” he says.
“Leaders tend to want to please everyone. That’s not the case with Miley,” he adds.
In his opinion, this is a real weakness: “You can’t build a long-term sustainable political project if you don’t move towards the people who didn’t vote for you.”
Miley’s next major test of public opinion will come in October 2025, when mid-term elections will be held in Argentina. That could prove crucial in deciding whether his small-government revolution defines the country’s future — or, like previous attempts at reform, it fizzles out.
