Trump Weighing New Limits on Cuba Travel and Military Sanctions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Bloomberg

by Margaret Talev
June 12, 2017, 8:16 PM CDT


President Donald Trump plans to scale back his predecessor’s effort to open Cuba to U.S. tourism and trade, and his advisers are preparing options including new limits on American travel to the island and restricting partnerships between U.S. companies and entities with ties to the Cuban military, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

Final options haven’t yet been presented to Trump, though a decision is expected before a visit by the U.S. president to Miami on Friday. The people familiar with the plans, both outside the White House, spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions are ongoing.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Monday declined to describe Trump’s plans for President Barack Obama’s Cuba liberalization policy. “When we have an announcement on the president’s schedule we’ll let you know,” he told reporters.

Trump has criticized Obama’s deal-making with Cuba as one-sided, and has said it allowed the Castro regime to continue human rights abuses. Obama re-opened the U.S. embassy on the island, relaxed travel restrictions on American citizens, and allowed U.S. airlines to establish direct flights and U.S. cruise lines to make ports of call in Cuba.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/trump-weighing-new-limits-on-cuba-travel-and-military-sanctions

[Matthew28]

1. Making the entire fucking world our enemies

[karynnj]

11. Not true - we are now Saudi Arabia's best friend - because of the sword dance and the orb

Maybe a European country will revive a part of their medieval pomp and give Trump a sword to play with while committing to NATO - if that works they might give him a suit of armor to get him to also agree to the Paris Accord.

[Archae]

2. Hey Trump!

Fidel is DEAD, you stupid moron!

[Still In Wisconsin]

4. Don't matter... if Obama did it, Trump will undo it out of pure spite.

Obama creates, TRUMP SMASH!!!

[Hoyt]

3. Not that it matters to Trump, but had a friend who had a great trip to Cuba last week.

[mr_lebowski]

6. "Drumpf has criticized Obamas deal-making with Cuba as one-sided, and has said it allowed the

Castro regime to continue human rights abuses."

AHAHA.

AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Stop it, you're f***ing killing me with this shit ...

"Human Rights Abuses" ... coming from Trump?!?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Like the Marmalade Shartcannon gives one even a SINGLE FLYING FUCK about "Human Rights Abuses" ... lololololololol ...

That's Funny as Shit ...

Srsly, how credulous could Bloomberg be to put this kind of nonsense into print.

[karynnj]

12. So, when can we give him credit for SA ending its MANY human rights abuses?

Not to mention, POPE FRANCIS helped mediate this agreement. Although I am not Catholic, I don't have to think long in asking myself who cares more about human rights abuses - Pope Francis or Trump?

If I ever met a Catholic Trump fan, I would ask why The Pope worked on so many issues with the Obama administration and why the Pope himself and the man who was the Vatican's FM were seen smiling, relaxed and laughing with President Obama, Secretary Kerry and others -- and so solemn meeting Trump.

[ck4829]

7. So... Do you need to be above a certain latitude before you can detain gays, sling polonium, etc.?

[pscot]

8. I'll bet if the Cubans pitched a Trump Hotel Havana

he could be persuaded to change his mind.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Like his administration gives a damn about human rights abuses. I detest that talking yam

[Tatiana]

10. This idiot is going to step right into another trap set for him courtesy of Obama.

Now that people have been travelling to the island, they will be angered if their travel is once again restricted.

People don't like when you take away something they currently have. Guess they forgot all the covfefe surrounding repeal of Obamacare.

[Corgigal]

13. Someone wants a new hotel

and he gonna bully to get great conditions in which to build. Of course, he won't pay anyone but his hotel will be first.

Weasel.

[Tanuki]

14. He illegally flouted the embargo....apparently embargoes are for everyone else

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/2016/10/14/donald-trump-cuban-embargo-castro-violated-florida-504059.html%3famp=1

"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."....(more)