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[–] 491 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Fuck that headline. It was the president of Portugal.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Why are they producing wine at ports, I would think the salt would effect the vines. /s

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 106 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the president of Portugal

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    [–] 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    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

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    Ok, "major world leader" is clickbait, they could've just said Portuguese President.

    While i wouldn't describe Portugal as major, it isn't irrelevant either: early member of the EU (was the ECC back then), treaties with a lot of countries (Brazil being one on account of being an ex-colony and sharing the language), founding member of NATO, emigrant communities all over the world (US included), a few high-ranking politicians are Portuguese (President of the European Council António Costa, secretary-general of the UN António Guterres, ex-president of the European Comission Durão Barroso who now works for Goldman Sachs...). There's also that Cristiano Ronaldo guy.
    The US also has a military base in a Portuguese island in the Atlantic.

    Why this fascist fuck who likes taking selfies with his voters decided to criticize another fascist fuck is a mystery to me though...

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is center-right, so more alligned with the democrats in the US, not with the Neonazi party that calls themselves conservative.

    I wouldn't vote him, but calling him a fascist is pretty far off reality.

    Why do you mention so many people but not him? Wtf does Ronaldo have to do with anything?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Here we see a homo sapiens partaking in Whataboutism. He thinks bad stuff cancel each other out.

    He also thinks unless you are a "VERY NICE AS A PERSON" master chef, you cannot critize food since what would you know, with your personality?

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    [–] 42 points 1 year ago

    I think every world leader worth their salt knows trump kowtows to putin. Portugal got to say it out loud. I'm buying some of their wine this weekend.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was expecting that leader to be Putin like, "yeah, he's my bitch."

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Completely irrelevant, but I live in an area with a lot of Hispanic and Brazilian people, and I overheard this conversation in the grocery store between a mom and her elementary school age daughter, and the little girl said:

    "Yeah, she has a crush on him, but he doesn't speak Spanish, he speaks Pork-a-cheese."

    It makes me laugh every time I think about it, and every Spanish person that I tell it to cracks up.

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    [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Wait is truth in again? did I miss something?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago*

    They know a duck when they see one, and he ain't no duck! He's a fascist.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No shit, Sherlock.

    They picked the ugliest, nastiest motherfucker to keep us distracted.

    Agent Fuckfaced Krasnov.

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