I was expecting that leader to be Putin like, “yeah, he’s my bitch.”
You all remember the Cabal from The Blacklist. I guarantee you this shit is not made up. He called him a Russian asset not because it is how it appears, he called him that because it’s a fact. And all the world leaders know it.
Wait is truth in again? did I miss something?
Fuck that headline. It was the president of Portugal.
And also he defined that term very specifically. He said only that Trump is acting in the best interests of Russia. When someone normally uses that language, they mean they are in the employ of a country, like a spy.
So, it’s meant to be inflammatory and spur action on the part of the US and Europe.
I saw another headline misquoted as “agent” instead of “asset”
“The top leader of the world’s foremost superpower is, objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset,” de Sousa said, according to the Portugal Pulse’s report. “He operates as an asset.”
The President of Portugal, one of the parties of the treaty of Tordesillas, ruling country of half the New World with the benediction of the pope, top sardine fisher, main exporter of Cristiano Ronaldos, and foremost port wine producer.
Dammit he is going to jeopardize our supply of Ronaldos
Why are they producing wine at ports, I would think the salt would effect the vines. /s
It just means the wine is left-handed.
Great headline. It’s the only one that reaches instead of sanewashing.
Would it have killed them to say who, though?
Oh yeah, clicks.
Not a bad strategy, tbh.
Unlike much clickbait, this one is true.
I would like to point out to everyone underestimating Portugal’s influence in world politics that, while I agree it hasn’t been a military or economic major power in centuries, it has great diplomatic outreach:
- Part of the EU and has been used as an example of how to handle drug abuse
- Part of CPLP which seeks to align the interests of all Portuguese speaking countries (in Europe, South America, West and East Africa and Oceania)
- Vast naval territory in the Atlantic and the Azores which have hosted a US military base for decades
- Good relations with China especially after the return of Macau
- The current secretary general of the UN is an old portuguese Prime Minister
So while no longer a major country, it still has sway on how relations between some countries develop
Also the Anglo-Portuguese treaty of 1373. Still in effect today. This isn’t a nothing treaty, according to Wikipedia it was activated during the Falklands war. Though Great Britain may not be the power they once were, they still have sway with a lot of the world. I don’t really know where I’m going with this other than to say Portugal has friends.
Fun fact: Xi today couldn’t be assed to greet Pooty personally at an airport and sent deputy finance minister instead.
Compare that to how Taco Don received Pooty.
What, they didn’t have chinese soldiers on hands and knees rolling out a red carpet?
.worlders try not to be sinophobic challenge: impossible
.ml users try not to play the victim challenge: impossible
I literally said I was in the wrong here, I’m not playing victim lol
I’m making fun of americans you smoothbrain.
My bad lol I read that as you making fun of chinese soldiers
.ml users try not to be a fucking idiot challenge: IMPOSSIBLE!
They are making fun of Americans?
They’re not from world though?
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the president of Portugal
Portugal the country, or Portugal the Man?
Having been to a Portugal the Man concert, I’m certain them too.
Look, it’s not the 1600s. Idk if I’d call Portugal a major world power. I’d never heard the man’s name before this. Anyways, yeah, that definitely happened.
He’s head of a western european state of 10M people. Portugal is mid-tier when it comes to most metrics In the EU, but they’re not no-one.
Yeah, that’s what I mean. I feel the same about Spain. Brazil is significantly more relevant than Portugal. They’re no Luxembourg, but they’re not Australia either.
Except being a LatAm country, they’re dismissed by the west.
You’d think so, and to an extent, you’re right. But I hear about it quite a bit, more positive than negative. Portugal? Nope. Nothing. I’m not sure I could name a person or fictional character from Portugal. Brazil, I know at least a few.
Captain Rodriguez from Shōgun immediately came to mind for me. I prefer John Rhys-Davies’s version over the newest on-screen rendition.
I looked that up, since I’ve never heard of it, apparently he was Portuguese in that version, but he was turned Spanish in the most recent version. Damn, stealing the Portuguese rep they need. I’d like to know more about modern Portugal. I’ll probably do a little bit of research today.
If an American doesn’t say, “Who?” when you say their name, then they’re a world power.
Never heard of the guy
Portugal? You’ve never heard of the place?
Did I say place?
I feel like most Americans might remember the name from history class, but that’s about it.
