President Javier Milei inaugurated a Manuel Belgrano exhibition at the Casa Rosada Museum this Saturday and, from there, reaffirmed his intention to run for reelection in 2027. The announcement comes amid tensions over the role of Senator Patricia Bullrich, who is also flirting with a candidacy. "For those who doubt that I'm going for reelection, yes, I am going for reelection," Milei stated. In a speech in which he did not delve into the weak points of his economic program, he added more promises in case of winning at the ballot box again. "The goal is to trade with 90% of the planet. We will keep lowering taxes and, if the base scenario is met, we will return US$500 billion to Argentines, that is, what we have in debt," he said, and exclaimed: "Imagine how many things we have to do to make Argentina great again!" During his address, the President praised the figure of a liberal Belgrano and drew parallels between positions he attributed to the founding father and his own. He also once again lauded economist Adam Smith, saying there were coincidences between the economist's thinking and that of the creator of the flag, though he noted that Smith had an "incorrect theory of value." "Belgrano understood that value is subjective and subject to the laws of supply and demand, something that many, more than 200 years later, still fail to understand," the President said at one point, in a jab at his detractors. "It was all already written; all we had to do was follow in the footsteps of our first economist, Manuel Belgrano," Milei emphasized. He also argued that Argentina experienced "misery and misfortune" when it turned its back on trade, though he contrasted that his government has returned to the path marked out by Belgrano. "Belgrano understood that the country's destiny lay in participating in global trade, that an Argentina trapped within itself led to failure. And history has done nothing but prove him right. In the 100 years before our arrival in government, what Argentina did was close itself off more and more, and we became poorer and poorer," he criticized. He then said that when he took office as president, Argentina only traded with 10% of the world's countries, that it now trades with 30%, and it was there that he promised that, if he wins in 2027, he will reach 90%, a concept he had already expressed in the same way earlier this week. Milei also argued that Belgrano was a "critic" of fixed prices and, immediately afterward, praised two measures of his own government against that kind of regulation. First, he said the progress in the energy sector is "impressive." "We have turned the trade balance around. That alone explains a reversal of US$30 billion. That is the fruit of one of Federico Sturzenegger's 18,000 deregulations: eliminating the criollo barrel, a maximum price. The foreign exchange market changed a little bit," he quipped. As a second point, he indicated that the modification of the glaciers law —pushed by the ruling party and approved by Congress— will "multiply by 20" mineral exports. "In very few years, the energy sector will be in surplus," he predicted. "I'm only talking about two little things, but we've touched 18,000. Everything emerging underground in Argentina!" he said, convinced. He also claimed that his government is "growing the economy" and, at that moment, recalled another case of eliminating a maximum price: the repeal of the rental law. "We are a beautiful laboratory in terms of magnificent results!" he boasted. "If I had to propose a program, I would say: 'Let's do it like Belgrano, it will make us great again,'" he added. Furthermore, Milei noted that Belgrano saw "the future through freedom" and stressed: "The flag he raised was the visible expression of a deeper cause: that of a people who had the right to govern themselves and build their project on the basis of free labor and not on monopolies." He called, meanwhile, for learning from the founding father's words and from the "history of mistakes," which he attributed to the past. "That is why we want this exhibition to serve so that Argentines can look Belgrano in the eye and remember how the commitment to freedom was what made us great. And this will make Argentina great again," he proclaimed, linking it to his administration.