Or is it 5?
The president himself referred in an interview with CNN this month to his 5 dogs, whose faces and names he had engraved on the presidential baton.
Conan, Milton, Murray, Robert and Lucas had been additionally among the many first Milei thanked after his election victory final August.
Yet, solely 4 mastiffs – huge animals that may weigh as much as 100kg (220 kilos) – have ever been seen in images with Milei.
At a press convention Thursday, Adorni was requested if Milei has 4 dogs – however sees 5 – and in that case, whether or not he may be mentioned to have a agency grip on actuality.
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Adorni shot again that it’s “disrespectful to describe the president as a person who speaks to things that do not exist. It seems to me to be absolutely disrespectful … it is to mess with his family.”
The spokesman didn’t make clear what number of dogs the president owns.
On Monday, Adorni answered an identical query by stating: “I don’t see what the difference is whether it be four or five dogs or 43 rabbits.”
Often described as eccentric, Milei raised eyebrows on the marketing campaign path by sometimes dressing up as a superhero alter-ego “Captain Ancap” – quick for anarcho-capitalist.
He additionally repeatedly wielded a reside chainsaw as an instance the deep cuts he would make to state spending.
And then there are the dogs.
According to journalist Juan Luis Gonzalez, author of the unauthorised Milei biography The MadmanConan died in 2017.
The dog had been named after the muscled fictional hero Conan the Barbarian.
Devastated by the loss, Milei sent Conan’s cells to US-based agency PerPETuate, which states on its web site that 5 pups had been the results of a cloning course of, although solely 4 seem on a photograph that accompanies the publish.
Milei has mentioned the clones had been named after economists Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard and Robert Lucas.
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Gonzalez’s e book additionally claims the wild-haired Milei consults all his dogs – lifeless and alive – with the assistance of a medium specialised in “interspecies communication”.
The medium, Celia Melamed, lately informed TN tv she had helped Milei “overcome the grief over his dog”.
And politician Rafael Bielsa – who had beforehand labored with the now-president within the non-public sector – informed Argentine media Milei had spoken to him about receiving “divine” messages by way of Conan.
Milei himself has refused to reply questions on his dogs.
For Gonzalez, “while it may seem like a laughing matter, this is a subject concerning the mental health of the president” and its impact on government.
Milei’s predecessor Alberto Fernandez entered the fray this week in a social media tiff with the incumbent, stating on X: “You must know, my dog does not advise me and is alive.”
Protesters, too, have jumped on the probability to make enjoyable, with college college students proclaiming “Without science, no Conan!” at a rally in opposition to funding cuts on Tuesday.
One walked an invisible “dog” on leash on the finish of an empty collar with the title “Conan” on it.
