September 25. Javier Milei walks to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly to deliver his first speech as president of Argentina in this forum. Its beginnings focused on warning against the “tragic course” that this institution has adopted. He accused the organization of being “socialist” and rejected “the collectivist policies of the 2030 Agenda”.
As he had already stressed at the Davos Forum, the far-right president assured that he would fight against the sustainable development goals set by the UN in 2015 and to which Argentina has always recognized and adhered. Until now.
However, even if this seems to be the case, this position shared by the entire global far right is not the only thing striking about its participation in the New York forum.
“We believe in freedom of expression for all; we believe in freedom of worship for all; “We believe in free trade for all and limited government for all. »
Words that many people could share despite being a far-right politician. The problem is that the words aren’t his, they’re those of Josiah Bartlet, fictional President of the United States in the acclaimed series “The West Wing of the White House.” This was highlighted this Thursday by the Argentine newspaper “La Nación”.
As can be seen in this tweet, the last part of Milei’s speech at the UN was a word-for-word copy of the speech given by the show’s lead, played by Martin Sheen.
This may seem like a coincidence, except that Santiago Caputo, Milei’s communications advisor, is an admitted fan of Aaron Sorkin, writer of the series.
Many celebrated this television program, but few dared to copy a dialogue at the UN.
Somewhere there is something you need to read.
