Argentina’s president received a congratulatory message from Elon Musk for reportedly balancing out the country’s budget and achieving a financial surplus in his first year of leadership. President Milei has also expressed his desire to make his country a central hub for artificial intelligence.

The populist president enjoys widespread public support, but analysts say rising poverty and unemployment could spin into a political maelstrom.

President’s first year in office was marked by drastic state cutbacks, the sharpest rise in poverty in two decades, an aggressive rhetoric and notable shift in foreign policy.