Argentina’s president and Donald Trump’s chosen oligarch are self-styled outsider radicals driven by an ideological desire to cut government down to size

Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina's President Javier Milei as they arrive speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at

Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina's President Javier Milei as they arrive at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on

Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina's President Javier Milei as they arrive speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center,

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) founder Elon Musk swung a chainsaw at a gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference to dedicate his commitment to slashing federal spending. The prop was a gift from Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei and represented the two men's shared vision of smaller,