After his tour, Milei says he will continue to apply the “chainsaw” to cut political expenses

The Argentine president Javier Milei returned to Buenos Aires on Tuesday after completing an intense tour abroad with redoubled desire to continue making the “chainsaw” against “political caste” by reducing public spending.

This was expressed by the ultraliberal president during the flight back to the Argentine capital, after ending a week-long trip during which he met with Pope Francis and the Italian prime minister. Giorgia Meloni in Rome, and with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.

After receiving numerous signs of affection from the passengers—most of them Argentine—while touring the commercial plane in which he returned to his country, Milei expressed to the news portal Infobae his desire to feed with “more fuel the chainsaw against the political caste” and make sure it continues “working”.

The handshakes with the president and the “selfies“What the passengers did with the leader were captured in a video broadcast by that medium.

Milei, an orthodox economist who denies the State, used to brandish a chainsaw at the proselytizing events he led during his race for the presidency, which he assumed on December 10. With it he symbolized his desire to end public spending and the privileges that he attributes to the Argentine political leadership.

Shortly after coming to power, the president ordered the dismissal of thousands of public employees and the reduction of budget items allocated to the maintenance of the fleet of official cars, among other expenses.

During his recent stay abroad, the far-right leader ordered the release of train and bus fares in the populous metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires and the elimination of public transportation subsidies that the national State provided to the provinces.

The decision will hit the purchasing power of millions of users in the midst of rampant inflation and poverty that affects more than 40% of the population.

The cut in aid to the provinces occurred a few days after the ruling party’s failure in Congress to approve a series of economic reforms. Milei He blamed the failure of his initiative on the opposition provincial governors and the legislators who answer to them.

Without this transportation compensation fund, governors will have to dip into their own coffers to prevent fares from skyrocketing.

Milei maintains that his adjustment plan seeks to drastically reduce the fiscal deficit to quell inflation of 211% year-on-year and straighten the economy.