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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 478 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Fuck that headline. It was the president of Portugal.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 22 hours ago

Would be funnier if it was Putin.

[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 132 points 1 day ago

“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.”

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 56 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dammit he is going to jeopardize our supply of Ronaldos

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Good. That will drive the price up of all my Ronaldo's, muhahaha {twists mustache then steeples fingers evilly}

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

It's the water from washing the decks of container ships...

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It just means the wine is left-handed.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Relative to the bow

[–] fx242@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This president is no joke, remember his epic handshake? https://youtu.be/sfrbogBg9dA

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Before even clicking this I already knew Trump ain't for the grip. Sure enough he proves 100% bitch made.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I saw another headline misquoted as "agent" instead of "asset"

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Furthermore, PPD/PSD is not the Socialist Party (that's PS), it is the Popular Democratic Party/Social Democratic Party, but Montenegro's wing (current PM of Portugal) is neoliberal, unlike Rio's wing that still lived up to the name social democratic.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Not a single traditional party in Portugal has a name that matches the political ideology the practice:

  • The "Socialist Party" (PS) one of the two dominant "center" parties is Neoliberal (as seen from their love for Privatisation and "Free Markets").
  • The "Social Democrat Party" (PSD) the other dominant "center" party is slightly more Neoliberal (roughly similar to the US Democrat Party mainstream, so PSD is actually to the Right of the Progressives in the US)
  • The "Communist Party" (PC) love Putin, a Fascist and even their "leftwing" thinking is little more than Soviet Union slogans.
  • The "Social and Democratic Center" (CDS) are the conservatives which in Portugal means the yearn for the previous regime (which were the Fascists)

Like in pretty much all other countries in the West the Overtoon Window has shifted rightwards, though even at the very beginning right after the Revolution in 1974 that overthrew the Fascist Dictatorship, the Socialist Party were never Socialists (it was the Communist Party that wanted a Revolution Of The Proletariat, not the Socialist Party) and similarly the Social Democrat Party was never Social Democrat (for example, they voted against the creation of a National Health Service in Portugal, the exact opposite of the Social Democrat ideals).

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Great headline. It's the only one that reaches instead of sanewashing.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would it have killed them to say who, though?

Oh yeah, clicks.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Unlike much clickbait, this one is true.