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8. Yes, it's all about building Putin's power as he weakens other countries.
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 08:30 AM
Feb 2017

Encouraging Brexit - separates Britain from the EU, and causes division in Britain. Now it will be weaker and preoccupied with internal problems. This also weakens the EU and NATO.

Making Trump president of US - now Trump is fighting with all our allies. Internal strife in the US keeps us preoccupied.

France is next.

Meanwhile, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the Crimean port for an oil line. This is potentially trillions of dollars in profit. That's a LOT of money. There are a lot of people willing to blow up the world to share in TRILLIONS of dollars in oil money.

Obama imposed sanctions on Putin, preventing the oil deal. Trump promises to lift the sanctions.

And what a coincidence - Trump is pulling the US out of climate change agreements and deregulating the oil industry. His Secretary of State was the CEO of Exxon, with many ties to Putin and the oil pipeline in the Ukraine.

It's all about weakening the rest of the world, clearing the way for Putin and Trumpco to make trillions of dollars off oil.

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