Hes a big fan of the Rolling Stones. Some of his fans and critics alike have described him as cr azy but who is the real javier milei . President milei, thank you so much for speaking with bbc news today. Id like to start this interview firstly by talking about the economy, which youve made a priority. You have got inflation down, but you promised that the political class, not the people, would pay. I spoke to a pensioner here who told me that in tears that this, in her words, was a lie, that with cuts to pensions, salaries, the value of peoples money, its people like her who are paying. What would you say to her . Translation well, | actually, that is false. The largest adjustment is being paid by the political corporation. When we took office, argentinas economy had twin deficits amounting to 17 of gdp. Besides, the previous administration, during the last year, had printed about 13 of gdp to finance fiscal deficit. And when we took office, inflation was at 7,500 a year. And in decem
Too small. Reporter now that sense of ownership is gone. The Trump Organization which no longer runs the building says it had no hand in vetting the people who financed, sold or bought it. Now that President Trump is in the white house. Uhhuh. Reporter do you think the Trump Organization and the trump family are trying to distance themselves from you . I wouldnt say that theyre trying, because i dont think that i can harm them. Reporter it took months to track Alexander Ventura down and persuade limb to shim to sit wi interview. He asked we disguise his appearance, hes on the run in panama wanted for fraud saying he sold hundreds of United Nations in the trump club to hide their identities. Banks werent asking questions where the money was coming from . No. Never. Reporter sounds like nobody was asking questions. Not you, not the Trump Organization, not the banks, not the developers . Nobody. Nobody. Reporte nobody checked anybody out. People were buying, Spending Millions 5, 10, 20 un
yourself as a businessman. choose. one or the other. why not let congress pursue this? why the lawsuit? this is a clear violation of a constitutional provision. congress has shown no interest in defending that constitutional provision if we can t test the constitution in the courts, where can we test it? she wrote a brief for the case, identifying specific examples of overseas business interests the president has that may be a violation of the emoluments clause. high on the list, the club in panama. that is not the only problem. what does that tell that you this was the first project he chose to do internationally? it is of concern to me. because what it suggests is that this was a business operation
nickname, loco the crazy one. a name he embraced. created a slogan during the campaign. we the crazy people are the majority. reporter: and they were. martinelli won by a landslide on the promise of a better future for panama. for a while it seemed he d kept his word. the economy boomed, unemployment dropped, martinelli oversaw expansion of the panama canal and opened a sub swaye systway soon allegations of corruption started to surface. martinelli was bhmore than a president. an absolute monarch. former mayor of panama city and leader of the opposition accusing martinelli of running the country like his own business. he ruled not only the executive branch, he had his hands in the legislative branch. he had his hands in the