Javier Milei triumphantly pulls Argentina out of financial ruin

Javier Mele has proven to be Argentina's saviour. Before the libertarian leader's ascension to the top job, Argentina was battling through record-high inflation, widespread poverty and depleted morale. And although these issues persist, in his short time in power, Mele has breathed new life into the struggling South American country, beginning to rebuild its economy and renewing hope in the process. Sky News All Stars Rita Panahi, Paul Murray and Rowan Dean take a deep dive into Argentina's renewal. Argentinian President Javier Mele stormed into power and has been kicking goals ever since. From his dire warning at the start... ...to posting two consecutive surpluses mere months into his presidency, Mele is proving his sweeping reforms are working, according to Sky News contributor Dr Rocco Leocono. From talking to my cousins in Argentina, look, their only concern, and I think Mele's only concern, is to ensure that he does the job for them to pull Argentina out of the mire that it is in and give it the prescription that it needs. Look, in terms of international politics, I mean, within days of him assuming the presidency, he told the Chinese to stick their Belt and Road Initiative, which is the biggest in all of the Americas, where they could fit it. So the focus is on getting the job done. A bit like Giorgia Meloni, I mean, remember when she was elected Prime Minister, there were the meltdowns from the left and she was a fascist and the sky was going to fall in. But look, she's been focused on the job, the ratings agencies have given her a big tick, the polls are better for her than they were when she was elected, and I think Meloni, I think Javier Meli will do exactly the same thing. The economic libertarian explained he reached such a milestone by dramatically cutting wasteful bureaucracy. FOREIGN MINISTER RICARDO FERREIRA And never one to shy away from confrontation, Malay even took the drastic step of firing one of his senior cabinet members live on television. FOREIGN MINISTER RICARDO FERREIRA But not everyone is on board with Malay's approach. The President delivered a stern, State of the Union-style address to Congress recently, warning he will push on with reforms, with or without their support. FOREIGN MINISTER RICARDO FERREIRA Despite this Trump-style brashness, Malay has been able to maintain high approval ratings with voters due to his relatability, says Sky News All-Star Rita Panicki and her guest, Webster University Assistant Professor Ralph Scholenhamer. FOREIGN MINISTER RICARDO FERREIRA Ralph, how do you judge Javier Malay's performance thus far? I know it's very early days. No, but you have to kind of admit there's a certain delicious irony that about 40 years after the Argentinians lost the Falcon Wars against Margaret Thatcher's Britain, they basically got now their own Margaret Thatcher. I mean, they do share a certain hairstyle together, so that's probably one of the many things that they share in common. No, I think he means it. I mean, this was always... We have one big disappointment in Europe, I believe, that's Giorgio Meloni, where the expectations were high, and then we have Javier Malay in Argentina, and he seems to mean it. And he combines something that I find particularly intriguing. He goes directly to the people. That is a very shrewd strategy. And we see even the demonstrations against him, like by public unions. Like there are demonstrations, but they are very careful. So his approval ratings, his popularity with the people is still very high. If he can keep that up, right, if he can continue to communicate to the people that these reforms are going to be hard, but ultimately going to pay off, he might really be successful. So if he combines the revolutionary and the reformer, kind of the revolutionary that got into power that now transforms into the reformer, I mean, that would be great. A strong Argentina, an Argentina that so openly said they want to be on the side of the West, they want to be pro-Western, they want to be with us versus China, versus Russia. I think that would be a wonderful, wonderful thing. So I really hope that he can keep it up and that he will be successful in the end. The first signs seem to indicate that he will be. Inflation is still a problem, but these things take some time. I mean, this is going to be a painful medicine that he has to administer, but I hope that ultimately it's going to pay off. Sky News all-star Rowan Dean agrees, revealing Javier Millet flew commercial and embraced passengers on a recent flight. Someone who's against woke is someone we've talked about here a lot, Javier Millet, the president of Argentina. Have a look at him while Albo is travelling up the pointy end of the plane, and when he goes in his Commonwealth car, he can't use the phone. Javier Millet, who's a true conservative hero, this is how a conservative behaves. Have a look. There you go. A true conservative hero, Javier Millet. An extremist, if you listen to the Western media. Right-wing, reactionary extremist that tried to say he's a fascist. I mean, the characterisation of this man as some sort of Nazi. And where does he go? He goes to the Western Wall and, you know, he's Israel's president. And he's going to tear down all the bureaucracies. Often referred to as the Argentinian Trump, Javier Millet was giddy at the opportunity to meet his idol. Embracing the US presidential candidate, says Sky News all-star Paul Murray. And finally, I want to talk about America and American politics here, because on the weekend, the CPAC convention took place. This is the most MAGA of MAGA events, where, among other things, the president of Argentina got to hug the potential future beloved former president of America. Have a look at this. An outsider's wet dream. Have a look. He looks so comfortable, doesn't he? As he's being... I'm not a hugger. I'm Trump. I am not a hugger! But anyway, an Argentinian cuddle came his way.