WATCH: Trump and Milei Meet at CPAC – ‘Make Argentina Great Again’

(VINnews) — Newly elected Argentinian president Javier Milei greeted President Trump at the CPAC conference, heavily gushing with praise and admiration for Trump.

Trump showed mutual affection, repeating the phrase ‘Make Argentina Great Again’ several times.

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Trump was greeted with a massive bear hug from Milei, backstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Mr Trump welcomed Mr Milei during his CPAC speech, saying “we have a tremendous group of dignitaries, leaders, world leaders and local leaders … from all over the world people with us right now at this moment in the room and just mentioned … [the] President of Argentina who’s gotten a lot of publicity”.

“He’s a great gentleman … he said ‘I am Maga’ then I realized these are the few [who] can really do it,” he added. “We’ll make Argentina great again – Javier Milei – Thank you very much.”

Mr Milei hosted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Buenos Aires on Friday just a few hours before the president was flying to the US to speak at CPAC.

The Argentinian leader is courting both the Biden and Trump administrations as the US could be important to his success as the chainsaw-wielding, dog-cloning eccentric character tries to pull his nation out of a deep economic crisis.

The US is the largest foreign investor in Argentina and the third-largest trading partner.

On Friday Mr Milei told Blinken: “Argentina has decided to return to the side of the West, to the side of progress, to democracy and, above all, freedom.”

In reference to the meeting with the Argentinian president, Blinken said he “could not be more pleased, on behalf of President Biden, with the meeting we just had”.