Milei bids tearful farewell to the Pope and asks for the emotion to be tax-deductible under the miracle tax

The farewell at Ezeiza airport lasted just long enough for four newspapers, three countries and one high-definition video to conclude that there had been emotion. The Peruvian paper went further and established tears; the rest settled for restrained emotion, owing to budget constraints.

A government source explained that the emotion had undergone a prior audit and been declared compatible with the adjustment plan. According to an adviser who asked not to be named, the weeping was kept to the bare minimum and financed through cuts to other sorrows.

The Vatican clarified that the blessing is free, but that airtime next to the Pope carries production costs. A Buenos Aires commentator, who has long since given up telling faith from campaigning, pointed out that at Ezeiza the cameras always arrive before the planes.

Meanwhile, a pensioner from Rosario asked whether the State's emotion would also extend to pensions. He was informed that the matter falls outside the scope of the miracle and that the file remains under spiritual review.