Javier Milei at the Davos Forum: Alliance with Trump and the “Anti-Woke” Agenda

The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, delivered a powerful speech against “woke” ideology at the Davos Forum, stating that it is “a cancer that must be eradicated.”

He emphasized alignment with the United States and criticized gender ideology, feminism, and climate change policies.

Speaking at one of the world’s most significant gatherings of business leaders and heads of state, Milei launched a scathing critique of Western leaders. He condemned what he called “the mental virus of woke ideology,” warned against “cultural subversion,” and positioned Argentina as a “global example.”

Woke Ideology as an Enemy

“The mental virus of woke ideology is the cancer that must be eradicated,” Milei declared on Thursday in Switzerland, addressing an audience of top business executives and world leaders. He reiterated his belief that “the market has no failures,” a statement he previously made during his 2024 appearance at the same forum.

At the start of his address, Milei reflected on his speech from the previous year, taking the opportunity to assess his first year in office and highlight the government’s achievements.

From there, he focused on what he described as the “cultural subversion” of progressivism, targeting movements advocating feminism, climate change policies, and gender issues.

“Radical feminism is a distortion of the concept of equality because it is redundant; equality before the law already exists in the West. We’ve normalized the idea that if someone kills a woman, it’s called femicide, essentially legalizing the notion that a woman’s life is worth more than a man’s,” he asserted.

The Excesses of Climate Change Policies

“If we raise these issues in the media or in forums like this one, we are labeled misogynists. Wokeism also manifests itself in the sinister radical environmentalism and the climate change agenda. No one wants to live in a garbage dump, but once again, wokeism has managed to pervert the fundamental idea of preserving the environment for human enjoyment,” Milei added.

He then directed strong criticism at the leaders present. “These forums promote the LGBT agenda. Gender ideology is plain and simple child abuse; they are pedophiles,” Milei stated. He further argued that “children are being harmed through hormone treatments and mutilations, as if a five-year-old could consent to such things.”

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Ignacio Teson

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Ignacio Teson is an Economist and Financial Analyst. He has more than 7 years of experience in emerging markets. He worked as an analyst and market operator at brokerage firms in Argentina and Spain.

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