The Hill - Report: Trump to reverse Obamas Cuba policy

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President Donald Trump plans on reversing a set of policies softening relations with Cuba, according to a report from The Daily Caller.

The U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, a non-partisan group, said the Trump administration is preparing to announce the changes to Obama-era policies in a June speech in Miami, according to the Daily Caller.


The report cites two unnamed sources who said a bipartisan trio of senators -- Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) -- pushed for the reversal.
Obama, who became the first U.S. president to visit Cuba in almost a century last year, put in motion a series of policies to thaw relations with the Communist island nation, which had been a strategic burden throughout the Cold War.

While Obama was able to soften regulation on some kinds of trade, business and travel, Congress has refused to lift the 57-year-old embargo.


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[SHRED]

1. More damage to our economy

These assholes need to go.

[Scurrilous]

2. Marco may be a FL senator but Mario ain't.

[WellDarn]

3. Time to rally around Menendez

like we did for Booker, I guess.

SMH

[Wounded Bear]

4. I thought he wanted to open a hotel there...

Perhaps he'll make more money if it's illicit.

[JHB]

7. Or it's a tool to get a better deal

[L. Coyote]

5. No surprise. GOP voters in FL might not like this.

[GoCubsGo]

9. A lot of people might not like this.

Including the travel industry, and anyone else hoping to bring their businesses there.

[Solly Mack]

6. GOP & Trump believe: If Obama did it, it must be undone.

If they could, they would exclude Obama from history.

[UTUSN]

8. Haha bell can't be unrung!1

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. He doesn't owe Cuban gangsters money

Like he does the Russians