Overview

• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa delivered the remark at a youth training event in Castelo de Vide, saying the U.S. leader is "objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset," according to Portugal Pulse.
• He argued the new U.S. leadership has strategically benefited Russia and described Trump as seeking to negotiate with one party while Ukraine and Europe had to force their way into recent discussions.
• The critique was set against Trump’s mid‑August summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, which critics said lent legitimacy to Moscow during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
• Coverage notes there is no public evidence Trump is a Russian agent, though former FBI official Andrew McCabe has said Trump’s behavior raises questions about his posture toward Putin.
• Rebelo de Sousa is Portugal’s head of state in a largely ceremonial role and is set to retire next March.