eccentric businessman Elon Musk Joins Argentina presidential campaign by backing new way of disseminating controversial journalist’s interviewsTo Tucker Carlson in X (formerly known as Twitter), the last of which was against the far-right candidate of the South American country, Javier Milei.
Billionaire encourages X He points out Carlson’s content on the social network, where the former journalist published his content after being fired from Fox News, and that his audience expanded thanks to his interview with La Libertad Avanza’s candidate, ‘Argentinian Trump’. In the August primaries, he is a candidate who has a high chance of becoming president and is widely followed by young voters.
“No matter how you count, it’s a huge difference.“Musk made the comment this weekend by reposting a message from Carlson comparing the average audience on X (265 million) to that of Fox News (3 million).
The day before, Musk had warned “those who are considering putting their work on the platform”. had single-digit millions of viewers. Strong by traditional news standards” but “views of X episodes now exceed the population of the United States.”
“Talk to Earth through X!”Musk introduced the social network, which he renamed after purchasing it for $44 billion last year.
Carlson is the former star host of Fox News and one of the most influential figures of the American far right, along with former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), who was fired by Trump this year. Alleged spread of lies regarding alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential election When Democrat Joe Biden wins in the United States.
The richest man in the world, the largest shareholder SpaceX The CEO and CEO of Tesla has always declared himself an ultra-liberal, and lately he’s been moving more and more towards that mark. United States and other countrieswhile moving away from all progressive movements.
Carlson, who has more than 10 million followers ono 23 and 24 were dedicated to Argentina and Presidential candidate of the La Libertad Avanza party.
“A very interesting conversation that goes well beyond Argentina on the topics discussed,” was Musk’s comment in an interview with Milei on September 17, after he made the “interesting” comment days earlier about knowing when it would be published.
The American journalist went to Buenos Aires to interview Milei, went to a “cave” – stalls where you can buy and sell dollars at the unofficial or “blue” exchange rate – and ate Argentinian meat.
“Hyperinflation and reckless monetary policy could soon devastate the global economy. We went to Argentina, where this is already happening,” Carlson said after the price index in the South American country, which is experiencing a strong crisis, reached 124.4% annually last August. macroeconomic imbalances.
In his meeting with Carlson, Milei defended Trump (“he fully understood that the struggle is against socialism and statists”) and chastised Pope Francis (“on the side of bloody dictatorships”), opposed abortion, climate change, the LGBT lobby and radical feminism and reiterated that as president he would not do business with China or “any” “communist” country.
The Libertarian candidate emphasized on X that the interview surpassed 300 million views in approximately twelve hours, meaning ““most viewed in history”A statement that leaves suspicion of manipulation by so-called ‘trolls’ in Argentina.
The enthusiasm of Milei’s followers on social networks was once again skyrocketing, as the militancy of the candidate who won first place (29.86%) in the primaries on August 13 had a distinct presence in the virtual environment.
C at the beginning of this monthArlson predicted X’s meeting with Milei by uploading a photo of them both and presenting the politician as “an enemy of the Washington Post and possibly the next president of Argentina.”
On this occasion, Musk made the following comment: “it would be a big change”; Milei responded by inviting the owner of X and Carlson to visit the South American country next year if he wins the elections on October 22.
However, Musk deleted the comment and his followers’ enthusiasm. Milei moved on from his critics.
Milei will compete mainly with the former Minister of Security of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), Patricia Bullrich (center-right) and the current Minister of Economy of Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa, who is a member of the Together for Change coalition (Peronism). EFE
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