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Donald Trump has come out in support of Brexit saying that Britain would be “better off without” the European Union (EU) The presumptive Republican nominee for president said that he was not making a “recommendation” but his “feeling” was that the UK should vote to sever ties with the EU. Press TV reports: “I would say [the British] are better off without [the EU], personally,” he said. “But I’m not making that as a recommendation, just my feeling.” “I know Great Britain very well, I know the country very well. I have a lot of investments there,” he said.

As Norway offers cash for refugees to leave, announcing that they won't be accepting any more refugees from the EU, and Switzerland prepares its military to close down borders, the EU has seemingly had enough of every country acting as if it has any type of sovereignty left. The European Commission has announced that it is going to pull rank on everyone, and in Obama-like fashion, will be fining countries for not taking their fair share of refugees.

A foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump is asking for British Prime Minister David Cameron to apologize for his past “divisive, stupid and wrong” remarks, regarding the Republican presidential nominee in waiting.

Three months ago, when Australia unexpectedly revealed that its recent "stellar" job numbers had in fact been cooked we asked, rhetorically, why the sudden admission it was all a lie? Simple: weakness in commodity prices "is far greater than people had been expecting,” the nation's top economist said. Australia is now "swimming against the tide" because of uncertainties in the global economy, he added.

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