Argentine President Milei copied the speech from a TV series to be presented at the United Nations

Published at: 05/10/2024 04:12 PM

During his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), Javier Milei was apparently inspired or rather a tracing of the approaches made by a character in a television series.

According to Argentine national media, a large portion of the president's speech at the 69th UN General Assembly, “is practically identical to that of President Josiah Bartlet in one of the episodes of the series “The West Wing”.

The journalist of La Nación Carlos Pagani says that the resemblance is such that it seems literally “copied and pasted” from the booklet of the series to Milei's speech.

It also identifies logical and necessary adaptations to convert the text of a fictional character into a speech to be presented to peers around the world.

Milei, before world leaders, said: “We believe in freedom of expression for all; we believe in freedom of worship for all; we believe in freedom of trade for all and we believe in limited governments, all of them. And since in these times what happens in one country has a rapid impact on others, we believe that all peoples must live free from tyranny and oppression, whether it takes the form of political oppression, economic slavery or religious fanaticism. That fundamental idea must not remain in mere words; it must be supported by facts, diplomatically, economically and materially.”

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In The West Wing, President Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, utters nearly the same words to his White House advisors: “We are for freedom of expression everywhere. We are in favor of freedom of worship everywhere. We are for the freedom to learn... for everyone. [...] That's why we're for freedom from tyranny, everywhere, whether under the guise of political oppression, Toby, or economic slavery, Josh, or religious fanaticism, C.J. That fundamental idea can't be addressed simply with our support. We must face it with our strength. Diplomatically, economically and materially”.

This isn't Milei's first speech to ignite suspicion. In his opening speech on December 10, when he took office, the president said: “The challenges we have are enormous, but so is our capacity to overcome them.”

In The West Wing, Bartlet utters a similar phrase: “Every time we think we've reached our capacity to face a challenge, we look up and remember that that capacity may well be limitless.”

Even the central phrase of Milei's speech on April 22, on the national channel, where he proclaimed “The era of the present state is over”, seems to echo the dialogue of Toby Ziegler in The West Wing, who tells Bartlet: “The era of big government is over”.

Mazo News Team