Russia and Ukraine

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“Trump is a Soviet asset – and my presidency hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped”
Portugal’s president drops protocol in last speech to PSD summer university




Then followed characteristic plain speaking – perhaps plainer than usual. In the words of Diário de Notícias: “The head of state made an initial speech in which he addressed the international situation and described his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in an unusual way, to say the least”.

Portugal’s president described Mr Trump as a Soviet asset. It is not a new notion; Mr Trump has been thus described many times in the past – but not by sitting presidents of in Europe.

“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower, objectively, is a Soviet or Russian asset,” Marcelo told his young audience.

“Objectively, the new American leadership has strategically favored the Russian Federation (…) they have gone from being allies on one side, to arbiters of the challenge…”

But this was only part of President Marcelo’s ‘goodbye speech’. He stressed that he intends to “step away from politics completely” when he ceases to be president on March 9 next year, and plans to teach in primary and secondary schools, participating only in the Council of State and in official ceremonies – and he admitted that his 10-year mandate really hasn’t gone the way he had imagined.

https://www.portugalresident.com/trump-i...-id-hoped/

So yeah... that's a thing that happened.
If only the rest of Europe would take this and run with it.