US president says his predecessor gave ‘everybody pardons’ but says it is a ‘sad thing’ he didn’t give himself one

• Trump defends January 6 pardons

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, defended on Thursday what he described as an “innocent” hand salute made by US billionaire Elon Musk this week, as he criticised “woke ideology” in a fiery speech to the World Economic Forum.

Musk ignited controversy with two fascist-style salutes during Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, with critics accusing him of giving the Nazi salute.