What does Portugal think of Trump?

[@PortugalTheSimpleLife]

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[@BiancaMoretti-f6i]

Great episode and very interesting! Keep it up

[@PortugalTheSimpleLife]

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[@dylanherholdt7970]

Thanks for watching Bianca

[@suebowman7258]

I am an American. This is an interesting interview. I am a Democrat. Kamala is a lousy candidate (my party is blaming the voters that they are stupid not to vote for Kamala 🙄). I was involved in the presidential campaign in 2020; Kamala was the first candidate to drop out of the 2020 race (she raised a lot of money then). In 2024, Kamala raised $1B and spent $1.5 ($20M in debt post-election). Kamala was lucky to have the look, gender, and race, and that's about it. The positions were given to her. I hope the Democrat party will have a better candidate who can present the policies better and listen to the working class instead of the elites. Also, there needs to be a primary debate so people can vote, not be anointed by the party. They need to tell the people what they stand for. Running on the abortion, smearing the opponent, and transgender are not going to cut it (it might work in Europe). I know some viewers may disagree, but this is how the party wins by accepting the truth.

[@SylvaHodracyrda]

Basically whatever the media tells us to think, & considering a TV "political analyst" (most useless job on the planet) is going to be the one commenting on this, I already know what hogwash he's going to say. Edit: As a Portuguese, I'm glad Trump won.

[@PortugalTheSimpleLife]

Hi @SylvaHodracyrda, our podcast is not political and all opinions are welcome 😉

[@diogorodrigues747]

I love how Trump supporters always say that everyone that doesn't support Trump is because of media brainwash and "commenters" and blah blah blah... Let's be honest - I'm not really a consumer of mainstream media and I'm not a Trump supporter either, so that claim is just bullcrap. All the arguments I have to be against Trump were the result of my own investigation into several sources, including from Trump itself. The fact of the matter is that 79% of Portuguese people would have voted for Harris instead of Trump if they could vote for American elections, according to a European Gallup poll. Do you really think that 79% of the population would be brainwashed by media? That's like 7 million Portuguese people, if you exclude teens and kids (that don't vote). I don't know buddy, but that sounds like a very weak argument, specially given that at least 65% of the population with the right to vote has Internet (and I'm putting the bar well down, it's probably higher than that).

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@PortugalTheSimpleLife Why did you deleted my comment? Did I say something that I wasn't supposed to say?

[@PortugalTheSimpleLife]

@@diogorodrigues747 Hi Diogo. We definitely didn't delete your comment

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@PortugalTheSimpleLife OK, it must have been the crazy KZbin random censorship again... 🙄

[@maryr7593]

Where can we find Gonçalvo's podcast or channels he is on? Does he have a website or contact? How is Dylan's Portuguese? It would be great to hear the convo in Portuguese. :-) People have said that the world's govts are turning to the "right"....curious if he has a reason for it?

[@Solrac-Siul]

Interesting topic. As someone living in Portugal my opinion of Trump is defined not by what we can or will do in America - and i say this as an american - but rather what sort of outcomes derives from his actions in regards the EU and by extension Portugal. I am pretty blunt, if I was still living in the US my position or view on the matter would be somewhat different from the one I have today living here. I see for example someone in the comments saying "as a portuguese i am happy that trump won". Fair enough, the question is in 6 months will that person be happy if Trump enforces tariffs over European goods (What includes portuguese exports ) and those tariffs have negative effects over the portuguese economy and the results in a contraction of the portuguese economy .? Portugal imported goods from the US that exceed 2.5 billions dollars and exported close to 5.66 billions. How happy will or can we be if amounts that could be used in sectors like healthcare or education are now directed to defense spending if indeed Trump backtracks on NATO support? or if you our new graphic card or cpu, or iphone or specific medicine will become 15 or 20 % more expensive as a result of a trade war? Sometimes we can be so tied to political dogmas or corners that we forget what are the real implications if X or Y wins .

[@SylvaHodracyrda]

Yes, I will be just fine in six months time to four years time with the orange man elected (as I was back in 2016-2020). Can't say the equivalent with regards to Mr. Let's Go Brandon & the consequential inflation that echoed everywhere else, including here, & considering the would-be brownie Joker was his second, it'd be just more of the same. Talking about political dogmas, how ironic. As for the Donald: no new wars, less NATO, less iPhones, can't see any issue whatsoever.

[@PortugalTheSimpleLife]

Politics from an economic point of view always provides an interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing @Solrac-Siul!

[@panchovilla5940]

He is a portuguese. Probably immigrant living in USA.. 😊

[@Solrac-Siul]

@@panchovilla5940 Quite the opposite, I was born in the US but live in Portugal since 2009. If it changes something my grandmother was portuguese tho.

[@panchovilla5940]

@@Solrac-Siul True.. I, m a portuguese too, and I can't see nothing good for EU coming from Trump and his team. Anyway, we are an old small nation, with a very flexible economy and, in our history, we have allways overcomed the bad times. As a matter of fact, we are one of the oldest countries in Europe, and our capital (Lisbon) is older than Rome.. 😊. Just kind of sad, cause the political class of USA is not at the level of the greatness of your country. (PS: sorry for my English, but I learn it 5 decades ago in my 5 and 6 degree, and by now it is a bit rusty.. 😊😊)..

[@itsme-gm9oi]

Can you define Portugal? Are you talking the elites? Politicians? Average person?

[@dylanherholdt7970]

In the interview we discuss what the average person might think, obviously this is just opinion. But thanks for watching

[@diogorodrigues747]

The demographic division in Portugal is way less extreme than in the US.

[@panchovilla5940]

No one can define a country...Anyway, I can say that portuguese society have a more open mind regarding immigration and foreigners than USA... By far.. 😊😅

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@panchovilla5940 That depends on the type of immigrants. Immigrants from countries who have a similar culture to Portugal (like the ones from previous Portuguese overseas territories or Latin American/European countries) are generally very much welcomed, but at the same time immigrants from the Middle East or Asia aren't well seen by many people as they're culturally speaking very different from the Portuguese.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

Diogo Rodrigues, o problema não tem tanto a ver com a diferença de culturas, mas com a falta de respeito pelo país de acolhimento e a falta de vontade de cumprir regras! Se uma pessoa for de uma cultura muito diferente, mas se respeitar os hábitos e as regras do país de acolhimento, a maioria das pessoas não tem problema com isso.

[@panchovilla5940]

A nódoa cai sempre sobre o melhor pano.. Isto de ser do Sporting... 😊😅

[@NemesisTheInevitable]

It depends on who you ask. Like what Americans think of Trump or any other really... It depends. I would say he is nutts... But that's me only. I can't speak for others and neither can that guy as well.

[@diogorodrigues747]

Well, official poll from Gallup showed that 79% of Portuguese people would vote for Harris if they could vote for American elections. It's not really similar to the 50/50 divide there is in the US.

[@NemesisTheInevitable]

@diogorodrigues747 our polls are as good here as they are in the US. In any case, I also think that we wouldn't elect someone like Trump here. But I wouldn't put my little finger as a bet.

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@NemesisTheInevitable There are some "guys" on KZbin that went on the streets to ask about what did they think about Trump winning, and their answers basically prove what I already had in mind - that Trump isn't really popular in Portugal. I think the main difference between how Americans see Trump and how Europeans in general see him is that we live in different realities after all, and that has a big influence on politics. People on social media compare the American "far-right" and the European equivalents without understanding that there are many differences since nationalism differs a lot from countries to countries. Also I believe that people even in rural Europe end up being actually more open-minded and less religious than in the US - people in rural Portugal love to talk about traditional values and conservatism but that's mostly a façade, while in the American outback it's not (people are conservative for real and religion has a big importance on their lives).

[@NemesisTheInevitable]

@diogorodrigues747 hmmm yes, except in the end. Americans were always puritans... Actually fake ones. We also have them here though in very different numbers no doubt. Social democracy has deep roots in Europe, while in US they have none... But the way I see it now, everything is at risk. When you look at it though, like in Italy, for example, the changes are not as deep as expected when Meloni took power. I can't say the same about Orban, but that one is there for ages and Hungary is profoundly conservative.

[@dylanherholdt7970]

Thanks for watching

[@acrobat2219]

A privileged son of diplomat, champagne leftist commenting on Trump's triumph in America... what a laughing stock 😂 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@jorgesaopedrogomes]

who is his father? by the name i thought he was connected to the politician with the same name that was from the right field

[@diogorodrigues747]

You'd be wrong though, SIC isn't a leftist TV company. SIC is part of the Impresa group, which is run by one of the founders of PSD, a centre-right party in Portugal. There is not really much in SIC which could be considered "left-wing" - and even so they're not the biggest fans of Trump. Gonçalo Telles isn't leftist as well, he literally went to several college degrees in universities that aren't famous for being left-wing, including a catholic university in Italy. You shouldn't use the American "left-right" political spectrum because it's completely skewed anywhere else in the world. In fact this may surprise you but the predominant Democrats out there aren't really left wing since in a European political spectrum they would be classified as probably part of the EPP.

[@acrobat2219]

@diogorodrigues747If you consider Catholic Church under rule of Pope Bergolio a "right" political institute, I wouldn't agree with you. Bergolio himself is as left as left can be 😁🤭

[@panchovilla5940]

Don't judge a person opinion by his education or family background.. In Portugal we use to say it's a preconceituos judgment...

[@panchovilla5940]

​@@diogorodrigues747Verdadinha... 😊

estragaste tudo quando abriste a boca, ó lagarto! 😜🤣 trump is a good business manager, we got to give him that... and yes, he is a bit of a diva. americans must see in which candidate the positive aspects outweigh the negative. when forced to chose between candidates one should chose the one that brings solutions to problems you want to see resolved. if it is economy you want solved first, maybe trump; if it is social, maybe kamala. people must analise political programs and demand results. politicians are known to say one thing and do the opposite, anyways... yeap, you're pretty much fucked! pardon my french, i meant between a rock and a hard place. chose wisely. or don't! it'll be fine either way.

[@brunotorres7332]

I do not support trump he’s definitely not what we expect from people on the 21 century he represents all that is wrong with humanity and a perfect example of how to influence the world in many negative ways. Personally I feel we as Europeans we depend and look too much at the US and kinda ignore he’s not what Portugal stands for.

[@PortugalTheSimpleLife]

Living in a globalised world, it's impossible not to look at what's happening on the other side of the Atlantic and reflect on what that means for Portugal and Europe 😉