Argentines eat donkey as president takes selfies with Netanyahu

There are two startling stories coming out of Argentina right now. The first is that under far-right libertarian president Javier Milei, Argentines have had to start eating donkey meat. The second is that Milei is meeting Israeli war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu:

Argentinian President Javier Milei gets emotional while meeting his hero, Benjamin Netanyahu.

This took place after he finished kissing the Western Wall in Israel. pic.twitter.com/5pvTCMQZSb

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) April 19, 2026

Milei

Milei is the South American leader you see wielding a chainsaw:

Inflation in Argentina is 32.6%.

Javier Milei's chainsaw was always for Argentinians. pic.twitter.com/hX5NGZ2lLt

— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) April 17, 2026

As we reported on 15 February:

Javier Milei is the libertarian leader of Argentina. If you’re unfamiliar with ‘libertarianism’, it’s the childlike belief that everyone can just get their own way all the time, and that people shouldn’t look out for one another – just for themselves.

In practice, libertarianism means cutting ‘red tape’ for businesses so they face no restrictions on how poorly they can treat their workers. This is how that’s currently working out in Argentina (complete with quotes from the UK leaders who wish to emulate this chaos):

Nigel Farage on Milei "Doing all the things he’s done, that’s leadership, he is amazing"

Kemi Badenoch "Javier Milei would be ‘template’ for my government"

He just cut holiday days to 0, employers can pay in food and 12 hour work days. The result: pic.twitter.com/WgoFxN9EX9

— Jake 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@ToryWipeout) February 14, 2026

A country can create short-term prosperity by selling off its assets.

Milei, it seems, is failing to create short-term anything.

Anything besides chaos, anyway.

Milei: let them eat donkey

According to reports, Argentines have switched to donkey because beef is too expensive.

On the one hand, you could ask if the donkey meat thing matters. We’ve never eaten it, but we can see more than one source describing it as a delicacy.

We’ve seen commentary like the following, but the commenter is probably reading a lot into this (it could also just be poorly cooked):

Argentina’s beef under Milei has become so expensive that people are turning to donkey meat. Here you see a reporter from a right wing news channel attempting to eat it, struggling to chew it, & pretending to enjoy it as cope. What Milei’s government has reduced our country to. https://t.co/jJZ1VeUYUa

— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) April 19, 2026

Beyond the taste, WebMD report:

Compared to other types of meat that might otherwise be regarded as suitable for human consumption, such as sheep or cow, previous studies have indicated that donkey meat contains a higher percentage of protein and essential amino acids. Additionally, it is lower in fat, cholesterol, and calorie content. Much more tender than beef, donkey meat contains the same levels of protein and is rich in iron, calcium, and phosphorous.

Given this, it’s not unrealistic to think we could one day live in a world in which health influencers describe donkey as a ‘supermeat’ (unless the lab grown alternatives take off, anyway).

Besides the taste and benefits, there’s obviously a cultural element to this. If people are used to eating certain meats, they’ll consider alternatives outside their consumption habits odd.

We’re sure many of you eat chicken, but would you eat seagull?

For all you know, seagull could be the most delicious and nutritious bird there is, but if you saw it on the menu at KFC, you’d probably think ‘Kentucky fuck that‘.

All this is to say that although Argentines aren’t suffering by switching from beef to donkey, that doesn’t mean they won’t feel like they’re experiencing a downgrade. And this is a problem. Because Milei was supposed to fire up the economy and make everyone rich.

Under certain political projects, you can make a case that people need to endure hardships to secure a better future for their children. You can’t make that argument under a hyper-libertarian project like Milei’s, in which the mission is to sell everything that isn’t nailed down for short-term gains.

Where are the short-term gains, Javier?

And worse than that, why are you parading around with genocidal monster Benjamin Netanyahu?

As Argentines eat donkey meat and dumpster dive to survive, their demonic market fundamentalist schizo-president snuggles up to modern day Hitler Satanyahu https://t.co/lHAktzjIFv

— Secular Talk ([email protected]) (@KyleKulinski) April 19, 2026

Netanyahu

Under Milei, Argentina has become part of what you might call the All New Axis of Evil:

Today the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution to condemn the trafficking of Africans in bondage and the transatlantic slave trade.

Only three states voted against it.

The USA, Argentina and Israel.

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) March 25, 2026

As a reminder, Israel has perpetrated a genocide against the Palestinian people since 2003, with backing from the US and countries like Britain. Recently, Israel launched a war on Iran, and has extended its ethnic cleansing mission into Lebanon. This is part of an expansionist policy the nation refers to as the ‘Greater Israel’ project.

In other words, you cannot support Israel in this moment without supporting the worst crimes imaginable.

As part of his visit, Milei posted a picture of himself at Israel’s Wailing wall:

En el Muro… pic.twitter.com/AD3cLUoYY4

— Javier Milei (@JMilei) April 19, 2026

Pressed up against the wall, he looks like a flattened cowpat.

Netanyahu, meanwhile, posted the following:

🇮🇱 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/E6l5bwnObJ

— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) April 19, 2026

Much like the rest of him, Netanyahu’s thumbs are crooked and bent.

Milei, meanwhile, is posed as if imagining the handcuffs he may one day be wearing.

All for what?

Milei is delivering none of the gains he promised while swanning around with a genocidal monster. In other words, he never had his people’s interests in mind, and he never will.

Eventually, the Argentines will wake up to this reality. And when they do, they’re going to make donkey meat out of the guy.

Featured image via X/Twitter