Milei increases her salary by almost 50% and then backs down. The Argentine president blames Cristina Kirchner and threatens to take away her retirement benefits.
Milei tries to turn the setback into a new attack on the political caste, which he accuses of having impoverished the country. It remains to be seen how the controversy will have on Milei's image and how the opposition will react to the populist decision to keep their salaries frozen when Argentina has the highest inflation in the world.