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RBC-Ukraine: Portuguese president calls Trump Soviet or Russian agent

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President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made a harsh statement about US President Donald Trump. In his opinion, the American leader is “objectively a Soviet or Russian agent,” reports Euronews.

“The supreme leader of the world’s largest superpower is objectively a Soviet or Russian asset,” said de Sousa on August 27 during a speech in Castelo de Vide.

Trump’s efforts to present himself as the main mediator in reconciling Ukraine and Russia did not make a good impression on the Portuguese president. De Sousa noted that Trump’s attempts to “settle” the war were not beneficial for Ukraine.

“Objectively, the new US leadership strategically contributed to Russia,” he added.

As an example, de Sousa reminded that “every day” there are new threats from the US to impose sanctions on the Kremlin. However, in reality, none of Trump’s promises to strengthen sanctions had been fulfilled.

According to the Portuguese leader, Trump tries to play the role of an “arbiter,” but at the same time wants to negotiate “only with one side.” Kyiv and its European allies are literally forced to pressure Washington to also take part in the negotiations.

De Sousa added that Europe downplayed “the importance of Trump and Trumpism” and also did not believe that the balance of power in the White House and US policy could change so drastically after Trump came to power.

Meanwhile, media write that US President Donald Trump is not satisfied with the demands of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Europe for ending the war. He wants peace at any cost.

In recent days, Trump has expressed in private conversations his frustration that his loud diplomatic efforts have not brought results — but he blames not Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/portuguese-president-calls-trump-soviet-or-1756408421.html

Bloomberg: Bessent Warns of US ‘Embarrassment’ If Tariffs Ruled Illegal

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Trump cabinet officials told a federal appeals court that ruling president’s global tariffs illegal would seriously harm US foreign policy, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warning of “dangerous diplomatic embarrassment.”

The administration on Friday filed statements by Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington. The court is expected to decide soon whether President Donald Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 emergency powers law.

Bessent, Lutnick and Rubio’s statements were filed in support of a request that any ruling against the administration be immediately put on hold until the US Supreme Court issues a final decision. Failing to do so would have “devastating and dire consequences,” Lutnick said.

During July 31 oral arguments before the Federal Circuit, the administration’s claims of broad tariff power were met with skepticism, suggesting the judges might side with separate challenges filed by a group of small businesses and a coalition of Democratic-led states. Friday’s filing seems to suggest the administration is worried about precisely that outcome.

The cabinet secretaries said that a ruling invalidating tariffs would undo months of negotiations with the European Union, Japan, South Korea and other nations. Bessent said the president’s ability to quickly impose tariffs had prevented other nation’s from responding in kind.

“Suspending the effectiveness of the tariffs would expose the United States to the risk of retaliation by other countries based on a perception that the United States lacks the capacity to respond rapidly to retaliation,” the Treasury secretary said.

Trump’s tariffs were ruled illegal in May by the US Court of International Trade, which found that tariff power belongs to Congress and Trump improperly claimed authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. That decision was put on hold by the Federal Circuit for the appeal, allowing the administration to continue threatening tariffs during the negotiations cited by Bessent, Lutnick and Rubio.

Lutnick said tariffs had brought foreign powers to the negotiating table “in ways that no other president came close to achieving” and told the court that an adverse ruling would “send a signal to the world that the United States lacks the resolve to defend its own economic and national security.”

Rubio said Trump used his IEEPA authority in connection with highly sensitive negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and claimed there could be “severe consequences for ongoing peace negotiations and human rights abuses” if the court ruled against the administration.

Dumb asses deserve to be embarassed. Just one more “correction” for our most incompetent and corrupt government ever!!!

https://archive.is/6g0D5#selection-1615.0-1654.0

Newsweek: Donald Trump Nobel Peace Prize comment raises eyebrows

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Acomment suggesting President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize has raised eyebrows.

Social media users have reacted to Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, suggesting that the president has been overlooked for the prestigious award.

Why It Matters

Since 2018, Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which recognizes an individual or organization that has managed to “advance fellowship between nations,” multiple times but has not won.

Only four U.S. presidents have won the award, which is among the world’s most prominent international honors. President Barack Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, eight months into his presidency—a move Donald Trump Jr. described as “affirmative action.”

In the past few months, Trump and his allies have argued in support of the president’s worthiness as a candidate, citing foreign policy interventions his administration has been involved in.

What To Know

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, Witkoff said: “There’s only one thing I wish for—that the Nobel committee finally gets its act together and realizes that you are the single finest candidate since this Nobel award was ever talked about. Your success is game-changing out in the world today, and I hope everybody wakes up and realizes that.”

Several campaign groups and figures responded negatively to Witkoff’s comments.

The X account Republicans Against Trump wrote, “Nobel Peace Prize for what exactly?”

Call to Activism, a progressive political account, called the applause that followed Witkoff’s comments “North Korea-style” and “terrifying.”

User Alok Bhatt told 91,000 followers, “It is astonishing to see the great American empire crumble before our eyes—brick by brick, piece by piece.”

User Ron Smith, a self-described “proud Democrat,” wrote, “Hard to believe this is not a North Korean cabinet.”

What People Are Saying

Mark Shanahan, who teaches American politics at the University of Surrey in the U.K., told Newsweek: “The Trump Cabinet is an exercise in obsequious forelock tugging where each member aims to outdo the rest in fawning flattery at the feet of the president. For all his talk, Donald Trump has done little to end the cruelly attritional war in Ukraine following Putin’s invasion, while he continues to support Netanyahu’s total war in Gaza.

“Nobel seeks to support fraternity between nations. With his America First policies, 47 is the antithesis of this.”

President Donald Trump complained about the prize on Truth Social in June: “No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a July news briefing: “It is well past time that President Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

Representative Claudia Tenney, a Republican from New York, wrote on X in June: “I’ve officially nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize twice! He has done more for world peace than any modern leader.”

What Happens Next

The deadline to nominate candidates for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize passed on January 31. Nobel Prize laureates are scheduled to be announced on October 10, with an award ceremony following on December 10 in Oslo, Norway.

Donald Trump Nobel Peace Prize comment raises eyebrows
Steve Witkoff, the president’s special envoy, said Trump was “the single finest candidate” for the illustrious prize.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-steve-witkoff-2119969

Buzz Feed: Gavin Newsom Revealed What Foreign Leaders Are Saying Behind Trump’s Back

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“Don’t tell Trump.”

“I’ve had the privilege of meeting a lot of foreign leaders. They’re laughing behind his back,” he said at Politico’s California summit. “Do not conflate what I just said with the meeting I had with the Denmark delegation [California and Denmark just made a comprehensive agreement on climate and tech]. I’ve had dozens and dozens, ambassadors [who] met with him. They’re laughing behind his back. He’s being played everywhere. It’s an embarrassment.”

Gavin Newsom Revealed What Foreign Leaders Are Saying Behind Trump’s Back
“Don’t tell Trump.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/gavin-newsom-on-people-talking-about-trump

Alternet: ‘Turning people against him’: Trump’s approval is ‘cratering’ on every major issue

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Barely more than one-third of Americans approve of how President Donald Trump is doing his job, and on key issues, his support is underwater.

Just thirty-seven percent of Americans give President Trump good marks overall, while more than half the country, fifty-five percent, disapprove, according to the latest Quinnipiac University national poll.

The partisan divide is large, with 84% of Republicans saying he is doing a good job, and 98% of Democrats saying he is not. The majority of independents, 58%, agree with Democrats and disapprove.

Just less than three in ten women (29%) approve of President Trump’s performance, while 46% of men do.

On crime, the majority (54%) disapprove of Trump’s performance, just 42% approve.

On the economy, fewer than four in ten (39%) approve, and 57% disapprove.

Similarly, on trade, just 38% approve, while 56% disapprove.

On his efforts to end the Ukraine war, a majority (52%) disapprove, while just 40% approve.

“Voters have little confidence in President Trump’s effort to broker peace in Ukraine, and most voters don’t trust Vladimir Putin to keep a peace deal if one were reached,” Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy wrote. “And though the president has ruled out putting U.S. troops in the war theater to keep the peace, four out of 10 voters would support it,”

And two-thirds of Americans (67%) disapprove of his handling of the Epstein files.

According to the non-partisan group Political Polls, this is Trump’s lowest approval rating in this term.

Critics and strategists weighed in.

Mike Madrid, the top Republican Latino political consultant, remarked, “Brutal poll results for Trump. Just brutal.”

“Striking” is how The New Republic’s Greg Sargent described the poll’s finding on Trump deploying the National Guard, and he noted that Trump’s “overall approval on crime is cratering.”

“Predictably, Trump’s terrible overreach is again turning people against him in an area where he was previously perceived as strong, just as on immigration and the economy,” wrote Aaron Fritschner, deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA). “Per Quinnipiac, independents oppose his DC occupation 61-34. Overall: 56-41 against.”

‘Turning people against him’: Trump’s approval is ‘cratering’ on every major issue

https://www.alternet.org/trump-approval-2673933698

Slingshot News: ‘He Came Over And Hugged Me’: Trump Makes Up A Fake Story Of Maryland Governor Wes Moore In Embarrassing Oval Office Moment

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‘He Came Over And Hugged Me’: Trump Makes Up A Fake Story Of Maryland Governor Wes Moore In Embarrassing Oval Office Moment
Donald Trump signed a batch of executive orders several days ago in the Oval Office. During his gaggle with the press, Trump made up a fake story about Maryland Governor Wes Moore hugging him and calling him the “greatest president” of his lifetime. Moore responded with a 3-letter statement: lol.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/he-came-over-and-hugged-me-trump-makes-up-a-fake-story-of-maryland-governor-wes-moore-in-embarrassing-oval-office-moment/vi-AA1Lout7

Slingshot News: ‘It’s The American Way’: Con Artist Donald Trump Tries To Justify Buying Intel Stock With Taxpayer Dollars During Cabinet Meeting

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‘It’s The American Way’: Con Artist Donald Trump Tries To Justify Buying Intel Stock With Taxpayer Dollars During Cabinet Meeting
During a cabinet meeting at the White House yesterday, Donald Trump spun his wheels in a furious attempt to justify his decision in making the goverment hold a 10% stake in Intel paid for by the taxpayer. “It’s the American way,” he reasoned.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/it-s-the-american-way-con-artist-donald-trump-tries-to-justify-buying-intel-stock-with-taxpayer-dollars-during-cabinet-meeting/vi-AA1LjWjN

Slingshot News: ‘That Was Caused By Biden’: Trump Derails Cabinet Meeting, Hurls Insults At Former President Biden During Angry Outburst At The White House

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‘That Was Caused By Biden’: Trump Derails Cabinet Meeting, Hurls Insults At Former President Biden During Angry Outburst At The White House
During his remarks in a cabinet meeting today, President Trump hurled insults at former President Joe Biden. Trump stated, “That was caused by Biden.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/that-was-caused-by-biden-trump-derails-cabinet-meeting-hurls-insults-at-former-president-biden-during-angry-outburst-at-the-white-house/vi-AA1LfYMn

Yet another clear sign of dementia!

Slingshot News: ‘I Thought This Would Be Easier’: Trump Learns His Lesson The Hard Way, Realizes He’s Not Cut Out For President During Meeting With European Leaders

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It would help a lot if King Donald weren’t a brainless narcissist.

‘I Thought This Would Be Easier’: Trump Learns His Lesson The Hard Way, Realizes He’s Not Cut Out For President During Meeting With European Leaders
During a meeting with European leaders several days ago at the White House, Donald Trump lamented over how difficult actual diplomacy is, as he has failed many times in helping Russia and Ukraine reach a resolution to end their years-long war.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-thought-this-would-be-easier-trump-learns-his-lesson-the-hard-way-realizes-he-s-not-cut-out-for-president-during-meeting-with-european-leaders/vi-AA1L7dpH