President Donald Trump, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.

The Portuguese president claimed this week that Donald Trump is a “Russian asset”.

The US president has repeatedly taken Vladimir Putin’s side in his attempts to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war, upending years of western unity over the Russian invasion.

Speaking on Wednesday at the PSD Summer University, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said: “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.”

In comments broadcast by CNN, he added: “Objectively, the new US leadership has strategically favoured the Russian Federation.”

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