The supreme leader of the world's greatest superpower....

The supreme leader of the world's greatest superpower, objectively, is a Soviet or Russian asset." These were the words spoken on Wednesday by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa about his American counterpart, Donald Trump, who has been trying to establish himself as the main mediator in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Despite these efforts on Washington's part, the Portuguese head of state considered—in statements at the PSD Summer University, an annual initiative for young party members, broadcast by CNN Portugal—that Trump's management of this crisis has not been beneficial to Ukraine. "Objectively, the new American leadership has strategically favored the Russian Federation," Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stated in Castelo de Vide. An example of this, he elaborated, is the daily emergence of "terrible threats" from the United States regarding the "application of sanctions" against Moscow. However, none of these promises have yet been fulfilled.....