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2. True. And the Argentine right (who are just gaga over Trump, btw) hated her for it.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 03:20 PM
11 hrs ago

She was an especially easy target because she was what in Argentina they call a morocha - a tawny woman.

This dynamic made her a very close ally of the similarly tawny former President Cristina Kirchner - whom right-wingers in Argentina hate in much the same way Trumpkins hate Hillary (at least!).

Mrs. Kirchner, 73, would - despite having been put under house arrest on Milei's orders (by his own admission) - lead the polls for the 2027 elections if she were allowed to run for president.

But as Milei would never allow that to happen, it's anyone's race right now really - with center-left Governor Axel Kicillof leading the pack.

Should he win next year, he'll be Argentina's first Jewish president - something that drives the right down there especially nuts (oy!).

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