After Javier Milei declared that “sovereignty for Kirchnerism means a large slum decorated with Argentine flags,” the Interior Minister declared: Diego Santillicelebrated the arrival of the F-16 and posted an ironic message on its social networks to compare the government’s defense policy with that of previous governments.
“We went from integrating ‘MACHINE FLAMES’ during Kirchnerism to integrating F-16s with President @JMilei. This protects Argentine sovereignty,” Santilli noted in his X account.
In his release, the national official shared a viral image of a llama armed with a weapon and a photo of the president in the cockpit of one of the fighters to illustrate his statements.
“Great job, Luis Petri,” emphasized the head of the interior department about the outgoing former defense minister. The minister thus echoed the ruling party’s messages that want to present the purchase of the F-16 as a qualitative leap forward in terms of modernizing defense and the military.
We went from incorporating “LLAMAS METALLETAS” during Kirchnerism to incorporating F-16s under the President @JMilei. This protects Argentine sovereignty.
Great job @luispetri pic.twitter.com/VoKKD9kkJH
— Diego Santilli (@diegosantilli) December 6, 2025
Santilli’s contribution came a few hours after Javier Milei harshly turned to Kirchnerism and questioned his idea of sovereignty during the event held at the Río Cuarto military base in Córdoba on the occasion of the official presentation of the six F-16 military aircraft acquired by Denmark.
“They talked about sovereignty for decades, but they gave us a poor and defenseless country, they defunded our armed forces and tried to demonize them in front of society for political gain. If we refer to theirs, For them, sovereignty means a large slum decorated with Argentine flags. And that is only because they do not have a consistent, productive economic vision capable of creating the future that all Argentines need,” Milei noted during the event.
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When presenting the F-16 aircraft, Milei switched to Kirchnerism
From the runway and with the six military aircraft behind him, the libertarian replied: “It is time to once again discuss the true meaning of the word sovereignty in our country. In our opinion, every country that wants to develop sustainably must be able to be respected in the concert of nations.”
Meanwhile, the former defense minister was responsible for collecting the glove Agustin Rossiwho in statements to Clarion assured that “It is not sovereignty to buy aircraft that are not used to scare the British away from the Malvinas.”
“It is not sovereignty to have purchased an aircraft whose deterrent capacity in the South Atlantic cannot be used in view of the illegal occupation that Britain has been carrying out in the Malvinas for years,” Rossi said in an interview with this newspaper.