Argentine President Raises West Wing Dialogue in UN Address

Miley seems to have lifted large chunks of dialogue from The West Wing for his first address to the General Assembly. The much-quoted elements of the speech weren’t exactly word-for-word with an episode from the show’s fourth season — especially the 15th.^th episode, in which President Jed Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, spoke to his staff — but they were remarkably close.

“We’re for free speech everywhere,” Bartlet said in the episode. “We are for religious freedom everywhere. We stand for the freedom to learn… for everyone. And since in our time, you can build a bomb in our country and bring it to me, what happens in your country is my business.

“So we’re for freedom from tyranny, everywhere, whether it comes in the guise of political oppression, Toby, or economic slavery, Josh, or religious fanaticism, CJ. This fundamental idea cannot be fulfilled by our support alone. It must be met with our strength. From a diplomatic, economic and material point of view.”

Milei, at the end of his 15-minute speech at the General Assembly, told delegates “We believe in freedom of speech for all; we believe in freedom of worship for all; we believe in free trade for all and we believe in limited governments, all.

“And because in these times what happens in one country quickly affects others, we believe that all peoples should live free from tyranny and oppression, whether it takes the form of political oppression, economic slavery, or religious fanaticism. That fundamental idea must not remain mere words; it must be supported by documents, diplomatically, economically and materially.”

JAJAJAJAJA Milei’s speech at the UN is a copy of the dialogue of a character from The West Wing, it can’t be pic.twitter.com/qU7mWoBFYh

— Poli (@poliallday) October 3, 2024

Like the show’s Bartlet, Milei is an economist and teacher who went into politics. Unlike Bartlet, Milei is a populist, known to wave a chainsaw around his supporters.

It’s not the first time that Miley, it seems, is a big fan of him The West Wingborrowed from the NBC series. Dialogue very reminiscent of another episode found its way into his opening speech.