Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet. Milei’s office said Thursday that Trump called Milei to congratulate the right-wing populist on his election victory.

Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Milei’s office said Thursday.

The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in Buenos Aires. The inauguration of Milei, a right-wing populist who has expressed admiration for Trump, is scheduled for Dec. 10.

“The president-elect received a call last night from the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, who congratulated him and pointed out his triumph by a wide margin in last Sunday’s election had a great impact on a global scale,” a news release from Milei’s office said.

A local journalist who was first to report the news, Luis Majul, wrote on X early Thursday that the lawmaker son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, was the one who “facilitated” the contact between Milei and the GOP front-runner. “That’s right,” Milei posted in response.

    • @MicroWaveOPEnglish
      20•1 year ago

      The FBI returned his passports shortly after they were seized.

        • TechyDad
          18•1 year ago

          They weren’t intentionally seized. They were seized because classified documents were mixed in with his passports and other stuff. When they raid a facility, they don’t have time to sort through everything there so they will often grab everything. Then a team sorts through it and returns anything that isn’t part of the case.

          Now, if a judge rules that Trump is a flight risk, they can seize his passports for real this time. Until then, though, Trump retains the ability to travel outside the country.