Trump responded to the violence and crisis in Venezuela by threatening Cuba with a US embargo that already exists.
Trump calls for an embargo against Cuba
Trump tweeted, even though Venezuela has no Internet:
If Cuban Troops and Militia do not immediately CEASE military and other operations for the purpose of causing death and destruction to the Constitution of Venezuela, a full and complete….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2019
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….embargo, together with highest-level sanctions, will be placed on the island of Cuba. Hopefully, all Cuban soldiers will promptly and peacefully return to their island!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2019
The US embargo of Cuba has been in place since 1958
The US has had an embargo in place against Cuba since March of 1958. A self-described student of history like Donald Trump should already know this. A president can’t make policy when they don’t know what policies already exist. Trump has no clue what the policies that he is supposed to be running are.
I’m sure that the Cubans will be scared out of their wits to know that that Trump is going to put in place an embargo that has existed for more than sixty years. Trump
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