“Welcome Milei’s 180-degree turn”: Juan Grabois unexpectedly praises the president over the Falklands

Juan Grabois, one of Javier Milei’s fiercest political opponents, welcomed what he called the president’s “180-degree turn” on the Falklands after Milei addressed the issue in a nationally televised speech.

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Welcome Milei’s 180-degree turn.

“Even if it is the worst government in the world, everything done against the invading English is right,” Grabois wrote. He said Milei had moved from a “colonized fool” to recovering Argentina’s historic position on the islands.

The Unión por la Patria lawmaker agreed with Milei that the Falkland Islanders, whom he described as an implanted population, do not hold a right to self-determination. “We won the cultural battle,” he added.

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Even if it is the worst government in the world, everything done against the invading English is right.

Grabois also urged caution over the government’s announcement of an Integrated Naval Base in Tierra del Fuego. “The issue is not changing collars but ceasing to be dogs,” he wrote, warning that the Ushuaia base should not be handed to the United States. He also urged Milei not to return to what he called his previous “surrenderist” position after tensions between Donald Trump and Britain over financing for colonialism in the Middle East ease.

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The issue is not changing collars but ceasing to be dogs.

Tierra del Fuego Governor Gustavo Melella likewise praised the national government’s change of position. He said the Falklands cause stood above political differences and backed a united political and institutional front to move from statements to concrete action in defense of Argentina’s sovereignty. Melella supported strengthening Argentina’s presence in the South Atlantic and its Antarctic projection, while asking the national government for greater openness to dialogue and effective participation.

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There are causes that stand above any political difference. The Falklands are one of them.