Javier Milei went to the Vatican. Does anyone care? – Technologist

Sin of pride

Did he cry? Growl? Sniffle? God only knows… On February 11, Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, stopped off at the Vatican on his world tour. He took the opportunity to meet Pope Francis, a fellow Argentinian and the very man he described just a few months before as an “imbecile,” a “harmful person” and a “Jesuit who promotes communism.” However, during his visit to Rome, he also took part in the canonization of Maria Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, aka “Mama Antula,” an 18^th-century Argentinean nun.

Business downgrades

To attend this unusual event, in addition to his funny face, Milei wore a discreet black suit, an ordinary sky-blue shirt and an innocuous pearl-gray tie, an outfit that illustrated the evolution of the Vatican’s dress code. For a long time, men, like the man in the background of the photo, had to adopt the so-called “white tie,” i.e. tailcoat, evening shirt, white bow tie and various trinkets. But things have loosened up. Sober business attire, like that worn by Milei, now does the trick.

Battle hair

If the sartorial contrast between the two men was striking, what could be said of the hair differences? In contrast to the smooth head of the man in the “white tie,” Milei offered his usual brunette mane, which is as ugly as it is incomprehensible. Why this haircut? Why those sideburns? Is it hair running down his cheeks or are they sideburns and therefore facial hair? At this stage, we’re still looking for answers, and waiting for excuses.

A whimsical veil

Alongside Milei, his sister Karina Elizabeth chose a very different hair option, hiding part of her hair behind a black veil, or more precisely, a mantilla. It has to be said that Karina didn’t have much choice. Vatican protocol obliges all women to cover their heads, in white for Catholic sovereigns (currently Mathilde and Paola of Belgium, Letizia and Sophie of Spain, Maria Teresa of Luxembourg and Charlène of Monaco), and in black, the color of piety and humility, for all others, Karina Elizabeth Milei included.

The ascension game

Finally, as with every time a club tie comes into our field of vision, let’s talk about stripes and more precisely, the direction of the stripes, as this always conceals a small piece of information that’s not of the slightest importance, but nevertheless… In this case, the stripes were ascending, in other words, from left to right. What does this mean? Quite simply that this tie is of English manufacture or design. Conversely, a club tie with descending stripes, from right to left, would have been of American origin.