This is John Batchel, a conversation with colleague Joseph Umar, just back from Florida,

about the status of Argentina under Javier Malay, the libertarian, the outspoken man,

who presents a change of direction for Argentina that struggling country under debt.

His meeting with President-elect Trump, the significance of Argentina

and Buenos Aires moving closer and closer to the Trump administration come January of 25.

All this Joseph weighs as a positive for the people of Argentina, positive for the people

of the United States.

Here's Joseph to explain.

Malay and Trump, the new combo in the Americas.

Much more later.

Thank you.

Yeah, I mean, so yes, the short answer is yes.

But I think, you know, President Malay right now, his approval

ratings are still very high, so he's still above 50%, some even say close to 60% in approval

ratings. So he took a little dip a few months ago, and then now he's rebounded. And a lot of

that's because his numbers are looking very well. His macroeconomic indicators are looking very

well. But he has challenges, and a lot of other challenges are on the microeconomic indicators are looking very well, but he has challenges.

And a lot of other challenges are on the microeconomic level, but they're also on the political level.

There's a lot of political elements that are trying to, and it's kind of hard to say this, but there are elements in Argentina that want to see him fail for political gain.

And that's unfortunate, but it's there and it's true. And I think his team has to be

very well aware of that to make sure that they don't fall into any traps. But fundamentally, I think

President Malay is really, really optimistic. I think we talked about this before on the program.

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