Donald Trump meets Javier Milei ahead of conservative summit

Argentina's president is the first foreign leader to meet Trump since his election victory on 5 November.

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The right-wing leader is the first foreign leader to meet Trump since his US presidential election victory on 5 November.

At a gala at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on Thursday, Milei congratulated the president-elect and said it proved “that the forces of heaven [were] on our side”.

Milei is expected to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Investor Summit on Friday.

On the eve of the summit, the BBC's US partner CBS reported that an anonymous source confirmed the two leaders had met.

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