Billionaire Elon Musk and Argentina’s libertarian president promised to work together on Friday to promote free markets as well as potential lithium projects after the two likeminded men met in Texas, home to the tycoon’s Tesla electric car company.
The chief spokesman to President Javier Milei said the pair visited Tesla’s Austin headquarters and discussed a variety of topics, from the need to boost declining birthrates worldwide to pursuing technological development while defending “liberty.”
Musk, one of the world’s richest men, has previously showed his admiration for Milei’s full-throated embrace of private enterprise and his disdain for what he sees as socialist excesses.
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In comments to local media, Argentina’s incoming ambassador to the United States, Gerardo Werthein, noted that Musk and Milei also discussed lithium, the ultra-light metal seen as key for the rechargeable batteries needed for future fleets of electric vehicles.