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A NATO member’s president has made strong remarks against Donald Trump, labelling him as the “Russian asset” for favouring Putin in war against Ukraine.
NATO member dubs Trump a Russian asset (AFP File Image)
In strong remarks, President of Portugal – a NATO member state – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa dubbed his US counterpart Donald Trump as a “Russian asset”.
He said that Trump was functioning as a “Soviet asset” by “strategically” favouring the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine, CNN reported.
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His remarks came while addressing the PSD Summer University on Wednesday.
“With one peculiar and complex thing: the supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset. He functions as an asset,” Sousa said.
Notably, the United States and Portugal are among the founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), a military alliance formed to ensure the collective defence and security of its member countries.
Sousa stressed that this is not an “alliance based on friendship, economic, ideological, or doctrinal complicity”.
“I am saying that, objectively speaking, the new American leadership has strategically favored the Russian Federation,” he said, as he slammed Trump’s swiveling stance in the Russia-Ukraine war since the start of his second term in January this year.
“In other words, they went from being allies on one side to being the arbiters of the challenge,” the Portuguese President said, noting that Trump is such an arbiter who only wants to negotiate with one of the sides, leaving out Ukraine and Europe, which he said had to “force themselves” in the recent talks at White House, CNN reported.
He was referring to the August 18 meeting of top European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, with Donald Trump at the White House over ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and sealing security guarantees for the war-torn country and other countries on the continent.
Trump had hosted Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 and laid out a red carpet for his welcome, drawing criticism from Democrats in America.
His stance on the Russia-Ukraine war has flipped from time to time. In February, he accused Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war in a historic showdown in the White House.
Months later, he accused the same of Putin.
Ahead of the Alaska Summit, he said that he would like to see an immediate ceasefire; however, after the meeting, his tune changed, and he started batting for lasting peace, even though some visiting European leaders at the White House meeting batted for an immediate ceasefire and subsequent security guarantees for Europe.
Trump said that he spoke with Putin after the White House Summit and set up a meeting between the Russian President and Zelenskyy. However, no such meeting is in sight, as the two countries continue to attack each other with projectiles.
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