The demonstrations, which were sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have been met with a crackdown by Iran’s Islamic regime. Donald Trump has said the US will hit Iran “very hard” if protesters are killed.

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    Planting fake protestors that escalate the situation is part of the CIA handbook. I wanna bet his threat is a prelude to that.

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    Iran could be our next target. Trump wants to cut off oil supplies to China. China does import much of their oil from Russia and Saudi Arabia, in addition to Iran and Iraq (Chinese oil imports from Venezuela had been increasing recently), and I’m not sure how they expect to stop oil from flowing to China from Russia and Saudi Arabia, but what is clear is they view oil as power and they want to weaken China by targeting their oil supplies.

    Edit: Could this all be to build up our oil reserves, and restrict China from building up their reserves, in preparation for an eventual war with China?

    There’s a theory that I’ve seen floating around the Internet for years now that the US could easily defeat China in a war by just cutting off their supply of oil. Maybe that’s our plan.

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      Lmao Donny has no plan, of that I am sure. Just wants power and money, there’s no overarching strategy besides impulsive reaction. His henchmen do, pretty confident of that, and are the dangerous combination of smart, patient, and evil.