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Tomas VIOLA

Argentina's 'Troll' President: Milei Takes Aim At Rivals Online

A survey by the Opinaia sonsulting firm showed Milei's popularity had fallen from 59 percent to 52 percent since taking office (Credit: AFP)

Phone in hand, Argentina's President Javier Milei has become a social media junkie who tears into opponents, shares bizarre memes, vents and retweets with a gusto that has seen him dubbed an online "troll."

Milei's frenetic online behavior evokes that of former US president Donald Trump in his social media heyday, but is "a little more erratic," said Ernesto Calvo, an Argentine political scientist specializing in communications at the University of Maryland.

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