Argentine President Javier Milei, center, and National Deputy Jose Luis Espert celebrate at the end of a promotional event for Milei’s new book in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. A supporter dressed as Argentine President Javier Milei poses for a photo at a promotional event for Milei’s new book in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
It wasn’t Milei’s first time jamming out in public. “Panic Show” performances with reworked lyrics were an occasional feature of. His love for rock music dates back to high school, where he started a Rolling Stones tribute band and danced like Mick Jagger during recess, according to journalist Juan Luis González’s biography of Milei, “El Loco.”
His latest flamboyant episode Wednesday comes at a sensitive time for Argentina, in the midst of its worst economic crisis in two decades with more than half of theis underway with Spain, Argentina’s historic ally and major trading partner, over Milei’s criticism of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife.
When the crowd screamed vulgar insults about Sánchez, Milei responded with a smirk. “Stop that or Mondino is going to ask me for overtime,” he quipped, referring to the foreign minister.