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Trump and the strongman feedback loop

Argentina’s “anarcho-capitalist” president, Javier Milei, and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, who has called himself the “world’s coolest dictator,” have often taken cues from Donald Trump. But now, could he be taking cues from them?
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A man in a leather jacket stands in a crowd, holding a chainsaw.
Now-president Javier Milei of La Libertad Avanza lifts a chainsaw next to Buenos Aires province governor candidate Carolina Piparo of La Libertad Avanza during a campaign rally while he was running for president, on September 25, 2023 in San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)
Front Burner24:50Trump and the strongman feedback loop

Argentina's chainsaw-wielding, "anarcho-capitalist" president, Javier Milei, and El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, who has called himself the "world's coolest dictator," have often taken cues from Donald Trump. But now, could he be taking cues from them?

Today we speak to Tracy Wilkinson, a longtime writer with the LA Times, and Natalie Alcoba, a journalist based in Argentina, about the "right-wing strongman feedback loop" happening between these three leaders — and what it could mean for the U.S. and the world.

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