President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made a harsh statement about US President Donald Trump. In his opinion, the American leader is “objectively a Soviet or Russian agent,” reports Euronews.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/portuguese-president-calls-trump-soviet-or-1756408421.html


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  • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    We’re still doing this? Six years after Mueller came back with nothing? After nine years of failing to validate a single point on the Steele dossier? pain

    Obligatory

    I’m embarrassed to say I bought Russiagate for the first three years, but I can accept new evidence (or the lack of it) and move on.

  • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
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    Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?

    From the 2nd paragraph of the Communist manifesto from fucking 1848. Liberals never change.

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    Yall remember how Republicans said no one respected the office of president under Obama?

    I dont recall anyone calling him insults in an official capacity.

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      Trump was honeytrappable buffoon and business fuckup desperate for funding when the USSR was still a going concern.

      It’s completely possible.

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              Different ideologies Same bosses/corruption

              You think Putin isn’t were he is because of what the Soviet Union had before? He didn’t throw it all away

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                  Dude take a chill pill. Reverting to ad hominem is not very useful. Even if you, as I presume, are an ardent communist, you can understand that it’s no wonder that a former KGB agent is the dictator of Russia. Power in one form, even if it is corrupted from your idealist view of it, can very easily migrate to power in another form.

                  I think it’s a fair statement to say that those arguing that he could be a “Soviet” asset are meaning that he started as one, not that there is a super secret Soviet shadow government continuing 40 years post collapse.

                  But either way, why call your fellow human worthless? Shouldn’t, even if you view them as ignorant, your goal to be to raise them up? Talking things out is how we find truth. I think generally the ideals of communism, not talking of its implementation, represent a good amount of empathy at the macro level; so why not keep that empathy that you have for the micro level.

                  I hope you have a good day.

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          Putin was a mid/upper KGB functionary.

          And that a very large number of the people who did very well put of the collapse of the USSR were former communist party officials who got in early on raiding the USSR’s corpse.

          Trump isn’t acting on behalf of the USSR in general, but he definitely is funded by and owes favours to older wealthy Russians.

          One older Russian, in particular.

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        Right as Soviet system was being pulled apart by Western aligned corporations and mafia cartels.

        Crazy coincidence.

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      It also says he’s a Russian asset in the title.
      You trying to be nitpicky about it also saying soviet doesn’t change the fact that the orange traitorous cunt is a putins’ little bitch.
      Doing the old trick of picking up on one little thing (that may be incorrect) to try to unravel everything else won’t change fuck all. tRUMP is a fucking russian stooge, just like you.

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    yea well there is at least one European leader with some spine. Everyone else is trying work around Trump’s man childness like the way house staff has to deal with the extremely spoiled kid of a billionaire.

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      What spine? If Portugal, objectively, says that he is a russian asset, why don’t they back up their lip service with actual acts? Idk maybe kick out the US, coughs russian coughs, troops from their country?

      If it is only lip service, he is just throwing some crumbs to the dumbass voting base that has no clue what is going on in the world 😅

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    People need to say it more, so trump will do what he normally does and sues them.

    Donald trump always loses once the case gets to discovery. They are never able to produce credible evidence since it’s all lies and propaganda.

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    The only one willing to say þat þe Emperor has no cloþes.

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      Why not leave NATO then? Words mean nothing if there is no weight on them 🤷

      Afaik, Portugal signed the NATO military spending agremeent where NATO top guy, Mark Rutte, kissed Trump’s ass. Does this mean NATO is controlled by Russia too? 😂