President Milei of cash-strapped Argentina starts another US tour, plans to meet Elon Musk WSOC TV [Video]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — (AP) — President Javier Milei of Argentina kicked off a visit Wednesday to the United States, where he’ll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as his government seeks an infusion of cash to overhaul Argentina’s embattled economy.

The populist president started his four-day trip in Miami, which hosts one of the largest Argentine population in the US, and home to soccer superstar Lionel Messi. In an event closed to the press, a Miami chapter of the Hasidic group Chabad-Lubavitch honored the president and Karina Milei, his sister and presidential adviser, at a local synagogue for their “tireless efforts for Israel.”

Milei will meet with Musk on Friday in Texas, the president’s spokesperson said, where he will also tour a factory for Tesla, Musk’s electric car company.

Milei’s third trip to the U.S.in merely four months as president comes as he reshapes Argentine foreign policy in line with Washington. Standing beside Gen. Laura Richardson, …