President of Argentina Javier Milei has confirmed a national broadcast on what he calls “the historic claim” to the Falkland Islands.
Writing on X, Milei said that this is a “sacred” topic for Argentinians and called the Falklands a “historic claim” of the Argentine people.
“We announce a national broadcast for Thursday at 9:00 PM on a SACRED topic for Argentinians like the Malvinas cause, a historic claim of the Argentine people that to this day continues to see its national sovereignty violated, and the same old HUMAN SH*T (95%) come out crying over the use of the national broadcast”, Milei wrote in a foul-mouthed post.
“What more important and strategic cause for the vital interests of the Nation could there be more important than the Malvinas cause? If this topic, which they absolutely ignore, doesn’t warrant a national broadcast, what topic would? Or is it simply that there’s a bunch of HUMAN SH*T (95%) who will attack the government even if it means defending foreign interests? They should be ashamed”, he continued.
“We will continue defending the interests of the Argentine Nation with tooth and nail, no matter who it bothers”, he concluded.
Trump recently said US position on Falklands ‘one of many’ under review
Interestingly, Milei’s tirade came just hours after his American counterpart Donald Trump said that his country would review the position of US on the Falklands issue.
The US president said the UK has “got some problems, but they’ll get solved” when asked about defence funding as a follow-up question to his response on the Falklands.
Trump’s comments came after The Daily Telegraph reported US defence officials were drawing up proposals to incentivise NATO allies to meet their spending pledges, with a threat to oppose UK sovereignty over the Falklands among the possible options.
Meanwhile, the response by the UK government was clear, as it said that Falkland islanders “are British with the right to determine their own future”.
“The islanders have repeatedly expressed their wish to remain a British overseas territory and our commitment to them is unwavering”, a spokesperson for the government said.
The Falkland Islands remain the subject of tension between Britain and Argentina after a brief but bitter war over the territory was waged by the two countries in 1982.
After Argentine forces landed on the Falklands to stake a territorial claim, they were ejected by a British military task force.
The war over the Falklands lasted 10 weeks and saw a conclusive British victory and a large portion of the Argentinian Navy and Air Force destroyed.
The conflict caused the deaths of 255 British military personnel, 649 Argentine military personnel and three islanders, and left diplomatic relations in tatters for almost a decade between the two nations.
In 2013, the people living on the Falklands were given the choice whether to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
The outcome was 99.80% voting yes, with only three people voting no.