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    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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      Marcelo is a neoliberal, a bit more socially conservative. In America current political landscape he would still be closer to democrats like Newsom.

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      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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        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.

        That “center” is pulling some severe weight. PSD aligns with the EPP (along with CDS). If you call that center you must work for the mainstream media.

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

        The guy whose godfather was Marcelo Catano? Really?

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

        Not him who? The current Portuguese President? First sentence.
        Ronaldo is a well-known Portuguese person, hence the mention.

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      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?