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  1. “Thank you very much indeed for your interview, and thank you for being so well educated because very often interviewers are not like that.”

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  2. “which says that victory in battle doesn't depend on the size of the army, but on the forces of heaven. This has to do with the victory. Of the Jewish people the Macabeans against the Greeks, and how they recovered the temple and And the last one, well, is my war cry.”

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  3. “Long live freedom, damn it. Know that first started. While I was giving my book presentations, at the end of my presentation I would say Viva la Libertad Car And that really stuck with me since then. Without thinking about it throughout my life, it was going to continue being present. In fact, today my presentations were All of my speeches end with May God bless the Argentinians. May the forces of heaven be with us, and viva la libertado. The first phrase reflects My faith in God fervently. And that I'm deeply thankful to the Creator for the wonderful things he has bestowed upon me daily. The second one has to do with a quote from the book of Maccabees, who says”

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  4. “Well, the fact that thanks to social media and to the whole tech revolution going on. Every day more and more people are becoming aware that Of how important freedom is. To live To live in peace and prosperity, and I believe even though bureaucrats and the elites were Fight untiringly to enslave us. A wave of freedom has been unleashed. Which, if we do wage the fight, will have a much better world.”

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  5. “I didn't do this thinking about having an impact on the world. I have defined what makes me happy and I live according to that. I live consistently by that. And most importantly, I would say never give up. Moreover And above all, never be half hearted I would rather... Cry because I failed rather than not crying because I never tried I mean, I'm a perfectionist, so when I do err, of course, the Have a bad time, but still, I prefer to go and get things done. If it goes wrong it's part of life, but I will never. Never have to regret not having done what I thought needed to be done at that moment. All right.”

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  6. “It depends Because You sometimes think that you can expect some people to be loyal and if they betray you, Of course that hurts but some people you actually don't expect anything from them, so if there's betrayal I mean you won't be annoyed or feel bad because you owe it to someone who didn't share your values? But politics does have that Sometimes Many of the people you may come across don't have the values you advocate for. But its cost benefit. You need to let the ship sail on, right? Or would you rather let it sink? That's not my case. I fight until the end. There are traitors, but that's part of politics. And that's not my line. But of course they do exist.”

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  7. “Well, from my four-legged children, I have learned unconditional love. In fact, well. My name in Hebrew means loyal friend, faithful friend. And on the Chinese horoscope, I am And if there's one thing that defines me is loyalty being decent and those virtues, you know, you can find them in those wonderful beings that dogs are who love unconditionally. In fact, they are superior beings, right? Spiritually speaking, In my case, Because I don't forget or forgive those who have harmed me. That is to say, all those who have insulted, defame me, and criticized me, I remember each one of them But I don't have the greatness needed to forgive them.”

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  8. “And that resulted in a map painted from red to blue. And, well, the redder it was, the more it was linked to socialism. There was an intermediate thing that was yellow and blue was free market ideas. And one of the things he discovered as part of that graph or chart. Was that the largest part of The largest number of policy recommendations scandalously are actually left leaning So that is the empirical evidence of what I pointed out in the book Capitalism, Socialism and the Neoclassical”

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  9. “I have an economist as chairman of the President's Advisory Council. Dr. Damien Radel, who studied here at Harvard University and completed his PhD, was mentored by Kenneth Rogoff, the American economist, and Rogoff has said that doctor Redel was the His best student Nowadays we're actually working with Dr. Rydle specifically on On all these issues that arise from, you know, the interventions proposed? Proposed by By the mainstream, such as the so-called correction of market failures. And a few days ago, he conducted a survey of search algorithms which And the policy recommendations.”

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  10. “Well, actually, that is what Mises said. That the He said that there are only two systems. Free enterprise capitalism and socialism, and he also pointed out And this is proven in Hayek's book, The Road to Serfdom, that any middle ground solution is unstable in terms of capitalism, meaning it tends toward socialism. So when you implement an intervention, it causes government failure which then triggers further intervention, setting up a trap that results in more and more intervention. And in this context, the neoclassicals, with their market failure theory, are in fact dealing with problems that are fundamentally mathematical. Rather than making the world a better place, they have, if you will, been instrumental in increasing the levels of intervention. Let me tell you something. Well, you know.”

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  11. “On how the market works, market failures do not exist, that is to say that is a problem. A problem for neoclassical economies because of The mathematical tools they have used to develop economic analysis, but actually it's not a real issue in everyday life. It's a problem in the minds of economists. In fact, my latest book called Capitalism Socialism and the Neoclassical Trap deals precisely with this issue.”

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  12. “Thing about capitalism is that you can only be successful by serving others with better quality goods at a better price. If you are successful, in the free market capitalism you are a hero, you are a social benefactor, you are a prosperity machine, so the better you do you know the better you do, the better it is for society. This is very important. I remember when I had my first meeting with Elon Musk. And this made me admire him greatly. And this is something my sister commented on too. You know? Ela Musk told me something he does every day. He wakes up every morning thinking about What problem? He could fix for humanity. That's amazing Of course, what is the counterpart being successful? Therefore, in that sense, and moreover, in my view, on how the system works,”

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  13. “The free market capitalism, you know, is the best mechanism ever developed by humankind for resource allocation. This also implies that markets must be free, free from state intervention, because when the state intervenes, it creates interference. And markets need to allow free entry and exit, what we call competition. However, it's better to understand competition in the sense described by Israel Kerzner, one of the foremost figures of the Austrian school, or in the neoclassical framework, as William Baumel understood it, which was the concept of free entry and exit in so called contestable markets. And also let's talk about what pertains to the division of labor and social cooperation. You know”

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  14. “One must first understand what the market is. Simply put, the market is a process of voluntary exchange where individuals cooperate through the transfer of property rights. In Private property is upheld, this is the system. That drives the allocation of resources, in essence, socialism. And this is what Mises condemns in his book, Socialism, shows is that without private property, Cease to exist and therefore resources are diverted. Why don't you think it's the same to make a road of asphalt or gold? Why not make it of gold? Because you have an understanding of economic calculation, you have an idea of prices in your mind. So in this context, if there is no private property, there are no prices. And as a result,”

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  15. “It's not something that particularly bothers me, you know, because it's a nickname that, well, it has been used for many years, but actually if I present to you the case of San Mart ⁇ n when he said he was going to cross the Andes to liberate not only Argentina, not only our country but also Chile and Peru, and people called him crazy. Imagine if you had tried and spoken with, I don't know. With Michelangelo, you would have called him crazy too. Or if you had talked to I don't know, hundreds of people who have changed the world surely they would have thought that Einstein was crazy and so on the list would be infinite. So what is the difference between a madman and a genius?”

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  16. “Well, maybe it's a matter of perspective, right? It could be the other way around That everyone else is crazy by living in a way contrary to the ideas of freedom? And so maybe the same person who wants to fix that is then considered a madman. Anyway, The nickname doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I even enjoy it because I've been a”

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  17. “Of course Absolutely, my idea is that when you attend one of our events, it feels like going to a Rolling Stones concert. Infect, in one of my most recent performances at Luna Park, I even had the pleasure of singing in front of ten thousand people. It's on YouTube. No, sorry. Not on YouTube It's on my Instagram feed At that event, I sang a song called Panic Show, and the song starts by saying hi, everybody, I am the lion.”

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  18. “Oh, well, that would be great. Or we could also watch the whole concert from the stage. I mean, I can keep ruining the Rolling Stones' music. I already had a tribute band and did quite a lot of damage to the music.”

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  19. “Okay, well, the way I see it. The most amazing rock singer in history of mankind was definitely Elvis Presley. And my favorite bond is the rolling stones So I also greatly admire Mick Jagger. You know? And I still have this dream of getting to meet him in person.”

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  20. “Well faith I'd say has been A very fundamental element, you know? And... Especially in recent times during which I've become actively involved particularly in the teachings of Judaism and in the study of the Torah. This has given me a huge Let's say a huge background to face the many adversities which I've encountered and had to overcome in the last few years, and as to who God is the creator, the maker, the I call him the one.”

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  21. “Well, you know, being defamed, insulted, and attacked every single day. But But again, there's no point in life if it's not with freedom so like Sylvester Stallone once said the secret to life is to carry on in spite of the blows you get, the punches you take And fortunately, we have been able to carry on in spite of the blows, both coming at us from in front and from behind our backs, because it had been more honest if we had been attacked directly. But well, you know, in Argentina, we Politics and the mass media, they do love to attack behind your back.”

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  22. “Therefore, that has been part of the University of Life that has given me the tools to be president today, that is my training in economics, my training in liberalism, having been a goalkeeper and also having had a very tough childhood.”

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  23. “Imagine a teammate scores a wonderful goal like the one Maradona did. It's marvelous, and that's just one goal. And imagine the goalkeeper picks up the ball and then if they bring it into the area wrongly, It's like two goals. It's a complete lack of proportion. So therefore, And this, in my opinion, makes goalkeepers have a very strong temperament, right? There used to be being alone, and power is precisely that. Because when you make decisions, you are on your own. And not just that, but also. When you have a responsibility, like that of a president, when you make a decision it has an impact on millions of people. So, just like goalkeepers, if you make a mistake and score an own goal, and in this context, It's negative consequences for millions of people.”

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  24. “Lovely question. Well, indeed, I used to be a goalkeeper, but I'm not so sure about whether I was any good. But But the experience of having been a goalkeeper is very valuable. First, the goalkeeper is the only player that can use their hands. In a certain sector of the pitch in the area. The other thing is that he's also the only player who dresses differently, right? Moreover, their training is a solitary one. And the most important I mean, it is the very climax, the goal, right? When the goal is called by their team, everyone is celebrating on the other side and the goalkeeper is on his own. And And at the same time, he is the one who suffers the most when a goal is scored because he gets the direct impact. In fact, when the goalkeeper makes a mistake, it's an own goal.”

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  25. “Because how could you put in words something like that? And I believe those are times when us humans connect closer to the Creator and create things. Unique things you cannot describe them. There are no words to describe that. The only thing you can do is enjoy it and be thankful that you can witness it.”

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  26. “The famous Arya from La Rondine or the famous Arya from Giani Shichi, I mean you get the feeling that he was getting sat dictated by God. How can you put that into words? You can't. There's no way you do that. I mean, those moments where we humans are. That we have the privilege I say it as human beings, right? Because, I mean, I'm speaking from that perspective? I say this only as an admirer. Some human beings have the ability to vibrate so close to God that you can't describe it, you can only enjoy it. This is why in Judaism they don't use the name of God, of the Creator.”

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  27. “Oh yes, I do remember that very well, said We watched it in the home of my godfather and saw how he did his gambit and dodged the team, the England team that was truly. It was absolutely. Absolutely indescribable. There's no way to put it into words. It's as if I asked you to describe for me. The love you have for your partner, you can't do that, right? I mean, it's something wonderful. You can't describe it. You cannot put it into words. There are things where words are I mean, you know Just seem to fail at my right. I really think that there are times when humans are Or some humans. Not all of them actually, some humans have the privilege of Of being able to vibrate closer to God. Some pucini areas, for example, when you listen to them, when you listen to.”

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  28. “Messy does things that seem technically impossible. They seem physically impossible. The moves he makes don't respect human logic. It's like watching Hussein Bolt run. It doesn't feel possible. He moves in a way that doesn't respect human logic, am I right?”

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  29. “And I'm not sure whether he can still keep that performance on all fronts, but honestly, I have never in my life seen a player like Messi, I have never seen no one like him for real. If you look at the number of goals he scored, I correct that considering the goal average in the days of Pelle, compared to Messi's golden era and his career now, the number of equivalent goals is much greater than that of Pele, therefore, without a doubt Macy is the greatest soccer player of all time, of all time no one compares to him.”

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  30. “You can be the best in one or two positions. You see, Christiano Ronaldo, for example, was very good in two areas of the game, so much so that he was almost like Messi, but he didn't take part in the rest. However, Messi is the best one in all respects, but at that time of course, nowadays, you know, he is an older player, right?”

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  31. “The way I see it, I have seen Meradona play, all right? I saw Maradona play in the past. I used to watch him. And I saw him during his last year at Argentino Junior's before Boca Jr.'s. In the year 1980, and I saw him in 81, playing for boca, I saw him play in the youth selection in Japan in 1979. I truly have immensely enjoyed the The talent of Maradona. But without a doubt, the best soccer player of all time, not just from Argentina of all time, even better than Pele is messy, of course. There is an article which is quite old already now titled Messy is Impossible. And it looks at all of the A soccer player plays That is, all positions a soccer player can play in from midfield forward, okay? And the most incredible thing is that Messi It's the best in each of those positions.”

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  32. “With a whole bunch of Neanderthals that are the opposition, who, besides being ignorant in economics, also have bad intentions, I would be in jail today.”

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  33. “They don't need to go and sell the dollars and make the peso appreciate, but they can do transactions in dollars. So as the economy grows, you will have a greater share of dollars relative to pesos, and at some point the amount of pesos compared to the dollars will be so huge, relatively that closing down the central bank will be done easily, which means this is working. Of course, if you were to give me the money right now, I would go ahead and dollarize. I'd have no problem with that. For example, I did have a proposal for this, and this could have worked because the bonds, because the largest creditor of the Argentine Treasury is the central bank But central bank bond were trading at twenty cents. If I had sold those bonds at twenty cents and nowadays, they are trading between sixty and seventy.”

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  34. “We had to deal with the issue of the CIRA, that is the central bank's commercial debt which was fifty billion dollars. We still have to resolve the dividend problem of ten billion dollars. And in the meantime, we did a write off and cleaned up the central bank's balance sheet by forty five billion dollars. So you can't just close the central bank if it is bankrupt because you need to redeem the whole central bank debt, which is about the issuing of money and the interest bearing liabilities. So once we finished with the interest bearing liabilities, it'll leave us with the monetary base. Therefore, today we have a regime where the”

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  35. “Let's see. Let's break it down. Let's say I. If you review all my statements, I talk about currency competition I'm not strictly talking about dollarization. I'm talking about currency competition and eliminating the central bank. If people later decide to embrace the dollar, that is their choice. Ultimately in the model I propose, what happens is the formation of a currency basket tailored to the needs of individuals. But I won't avoid the discussion. Today there is currency competition. If, for instance, today in Argentina you want to make transactions in any currency, you can do it, and it's allowed. Today there is currency competition. The other thing we talk about is the concept of let's suppose we were discussing dollarization, we talk about endogenous dollarization. The first point is that you need to clean up the central bank.”

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  36. “And that, as part of that process, being a commercial ally is also a great idea. So we would really like to move forward and deepen our trade ties and our investment ties, you know? And well, we would also like to be part of the NATO as well.”

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  37. “And, you know, at my campaign rallies, there would be groups that would come along with flags of Israel. So it's clear that our international policy approach was always very clear. Is something I state during my speeches when I talk about the values of the West and the civilization of the West. In fact, yesterday, and even more so today, during my speeches I talked about how the different Greek groups or tribes go together to confront the Persians. That is to say, it seemed that from that time five hundred years before Christ until today, that struggle continues, right? But well, so of course. We're all in. We are betting on the United States becoming once again. A leader in the West. We needed someone to come back to make America great again.”

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  38. “I mean, relentlessly, as well as security, no mercy, right? And in fact, in Argentina there are no more roadblocks which they said were impossible to end. Not only that we have strengthened the security forces and also our armed forces, and we are waging a tough battle against drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. Therefore, we are also strongly fulfilling that. Notice that these two points which were the main concerns, they were the biggest concerns of Argentinians when we took office are now in fifth and sixth place. Today the problem for Argentinians is corruption, whether there is unemployment, if there is poverty, but they don't mention inflation and insecurity anymore. And besides a third point that I made clear was that I would align with the United States and Israel internationally”

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  39. “We talked about cutting public spending, and I would make my appearances with a chainsaw. We talked about economic freedom, deregulation, that is, and I talked about a competition of currencies and people, you know, obviously were interested in the dollar. So it was obvious that the economic policy was clear. All right. And not only was it clear, but we are also fulfilling it. That is the first point. Second was our policy on security, the idea being to fight crime?”

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  40. “Well, to us that is truly important, okay You know? Because we've decided to be geopolitical allies of the United States. Ever since our campaign that our allies, we have decided that our allies will be the United States and Israel. Because they basically represent the ideas of the Western world. They represent the free world. That is to say what we would call today, let's say, a liberal democracy, okay? By confronting the autocrats, and in that sense, that is the geopolitical alignment. Moreover, in our campaign we were very, very clear on three main points one, the economic pillar.”

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  41. “And that's why I can relate that much. And I've also seen how he's been unfairly criticized, like when he was accused of protectionism or when he wanted to discuss some matters within the context of public debate regarding the design of monetary policy as regards the fed. And basically, they have accused him of things. I mean, isn't he entitled to give an opinion as a precedent? I mean, any citizen could give their opinion, even more so a president.”

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  42. “My father was hospitalized and well, and he almost died of a heart attack. So, that kind of thing is what journalism and the press do in Argentina. So they start to attack your private life So imagine that I've been in office for nearly a year, A year as precedent and since they can't criticize my management except by lying and distorting the numbers, they meddle with all these things, things they have been doing all the time since the year twenty twenty one, when I officially entered politics. So And I've seen what they've done to Trump, so that also makes me relate a lot to him because he's a true warrior he's truly. He's a Viking. He's a Viking. He's literally a Viking. I mean, he is someone I admire for how he has kept fighting in the face of adversity even against all odds, and still he managed to win. Amazing”

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  43. “I would say it's been my break, let me say, after almost a year in office and having to face all sorts of media torture because the journalists who have vested interests and are corrupt are professional torturers. Yes, because they invade your personal life, your family and your privacy. Let me tell you something to show you the kind of garbage the media in Argentina can do. They send three drones to spy on me at my presidential residence. To spy on me. Do you think that's right? Exactly. But that kind of thing happens in Argentina not to mention the many lies and horrible things they say. I, for instance, remember that time when my father was hospitalized, my father is a man of a really strong character who has had Two heart surgeries, all right? And one day a journalist was saying all sorts of lies about my father.”

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  44. “Many, so many of Sylvester Stallone's approaches are truly inspirational, don't you think? So imagine I'm about to give the speech and I see Sylvester Stallone and Sylvester Stallone knows me. It was truly insane. I had to pinch myself, I mean this can't be true, and besides well. The people were wonderful with me last night. They've been wonderful today. I've taken hundreds of selfies. I mean it's truly been.”

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  45. “They criticized him, insulted him, offended him, said awful things about him, made up all sorts of horrible stories about him. In that respect I can say, I deeply relate because probably no one in our history has had such a negative campaign from all the media like they did to me, but let's say they were quite similar. This is why it's so interesting and I was so deeply moved when last night I also got to meet Sylvester Stallone, you know? Because Sylvester Stallone talks about well, how important is that no matter how hard they hit you and keep on hitting you all the time, despite all that you keep going on and on and on What I'm trying to say is That many of”

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  46. “There are several things that I admire about President Trump. The first is that he probably. I think he's provided ample proof of this in his first presidency. He understands the nature of the cultural battle. He has openly confronted socialism, his speeches openly target socialism, he perfectly understands the woke virus, the And You know Of great value because it means understanding what it's all about. Another thing I truly admire about him is his courage. In fact, Thankfully, thank goodness he didn't get assassinated or killed. But it was by a small chance occurrence that could have killed him, just because he moved at the right moment. And yet that didn't intimidate him. And he went on. And in fact, During his first campaign, and in this one as well. In the second one and third one.”

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  47. “Therefore he has a whole deregulation division, also a public spending cut division, and government structure reduction division, and he also has an elite corps that's cleaning up all of the laws that hinder the economic system and progress. And every day he removes between one and five economic restrictions. So my advice would be for them to go all the way to push it to the very limit. And do not give up. Do not let down their guard. Furthermore, that agenda does not have political purpose because at the end of the day you are removing privileges. Of course there will be people complaining, but those are people. These are people who are losing privileges so they will have to explain to society why they are keeping those privileges. And that is quite uncomfortable.”

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  48. “Just got to the chase, cut to the chase. Simple as that. I'll tell you a story and you're going to love it. Currently in Argentina, due to the political balance we have achieved, we have had Certain powers delegated from Congress to the executive branch, and therefore we can resolve it by decree. deregulation minister Federico Storseneger in his ministry shows a counter that displays in front of everyone there He displaced the number of days all right. During which the delegated powers will continue to be valid,”

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  49. “Because they are going to try and replicate the model we are implementing in Argentina. And also Donald Trump himself is very enthusiastic about this. And anything in the way of reducing regulations and cutting public spending and taking government out of the equation means more freedom for the people. So I'm very pleased with what's going on. And with Trump's victory, because the United States will be better off. Argentina is going to be better too, and the whole world is going to be better off. Today the world is a much better place than it was just a few days ago.”

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  50. “One of the things we talked about was freedom and what was at stake for the United States in this election therefore. He is a person, you know, honestly, I can say he is well above average. I mean, A person of unconventional intelligence, right? And also he is very charming. So I mean again I have a great admiration for him and I really direct very closely with him. He is very interested in what our Ministry of Deregulation is doing which seeks to remove regulations but at the same time he works with another person who is also interested in the chainsaw approach and so I'm very pleased.”

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