DONALD TRUMP SET TO REVERSE BARACK OBAMA'S POLICIES ON CUBA

[Judi Lynn]

DONALD TRUMP SET TO REVERSE BARACK OBAMA'S POLICIES ON CUBA
BY HARRIET SINCLAIR ON 5/29/17 AT 5:26 PM


President Donald Trump is mulling a reversal of Cuba policies enacted by former president Barack Obama that soften the U.S.’ stance towards the country, including the rescinding of the ‘wet foot, dry foot’ immigration policy.

According to two sources quoted by the Daily Caller, the Republican has been intending to roll back the Cuba policies signed by Obama in January for some time, and is likely to take a tougher line on Cuba.

“The Trump Administration has been ‘ready’ since February 2017 to announce changes, but issues unrelated to Cuba have intervened,” John Kavulich, from the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, told the Daily Caller.

Kavulich told the publication he believes the president will look at an “increased enforcement relating to travel,” and “a focus upon discouraging transactions with entities controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of the Republic of Cuba.”

More:
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-set-reverse-barack-obamas-policies-cuba-617140?piano_t=1

LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141786727

[C_U_L8R]

1. Conflict of interest?

Now it seems he's going after competing hotel chains.

[Judi Lynn]

2. 2016: HOW DONALD TRUMPS COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA

HOW DONALD TRUMP’S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
BY KURT EICHENWALD ON 9/29/16 AT 5:42 AM


Updated | A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in Communist Cuba during Fidel Castro’s presidency despite strict American trade bans that made such undertakings illegal, according to interviews with former Trump executives, internal company records and court filings.

Documents show that the Trump company spent a minimum of $68,000 for its 1998 foray into Cuba at a time when the corporate expenditure of even a penny in the Caribbean country was prohibited without U.S. government approval. But the company did not spend the money directly. Instead, with Trump’s knowledge, executives funneled the cash for the Cuba trip through an American consulting firm called Seven Arrows Investment and Development Corp. Once the business consultants traveled to the island and incurred the expenses for the venture, Seven Arrows instructed senior officers with Trump’s company—then called Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts—how to make it appear legal by linking it after the fact to a charitable effort.

The payment by Trump Hotels came just before the New York business mogul launched his first bid for the White House, seeking the nomination of the Reform Party. On his first day of the campaign, he traveled to Miami, where he spoke to a group of Cuban-Americans, a critical voting bloc in the swing state. Trump vowed to maintain the embargo and never spend his or his companies’ money in Cuba until Fidel Castro was removed from power.He did not disclose that, seven months earlier, Trump Hotels already had reimbursed its consultants for the money they spent on their secret business trip to Havana.

More:
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/10/14/donald-trump-cuban-embargo-castro-violated-florida-504059.html

[Submariner]

3. Racist POS is really really pissed that Obama made him look like the fool he is

at that 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner.

All his actions are to reverse Obama's initiatives, and have nothing to do with improving the country or anything for those of us that have to put up with this asshole.

I'm surprised someone in his base hasn't blown his fucking head off yet for all of Donnie 'Two Scoops' flip flops and the fact that no wall is going to be constructed.

[Vogon_Glory]

5. I suspect that among the gun-toting part of Donnie's base

The ones smart enough to now realize they've been scammed are lousy shots, and the good shots are still unaware that they've been rooked .

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Donnie's probably bought pre-1959 titles to mob casinos

And thinks he can pressure Raoul to hand over the buildings and grounds.

[GatoGordo]

6. Is anyone really surprised?

I believe he said that he was going to overturn Obama era policies.

The only way to keep this from happening in the future is passing legislation into law.

Democrat House.
Democrat Senate.
Democrat Presidency.