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President Trump has placed some restrictions on travel to Cuba, but has not entirely undone the changes that former President Obama made in his second term:
In an overhaul of one of his predecessor's signature legacies, President Donald Trump will redraw U.S. policy toward Cuba on Friday, tightening travel restrictions for Americans that had been loosened under President Barack Obama and banning U.S. business transactions with Cuba's vast military conglomerate.
Trump's changes are intended to sharply curtail cash flow to the Cuban government and pressure its communist leaders to let the island's fledgling private sector grow. Diplomatic relations reestablished by Obama, including reopened embassies in Washington and Havana, will remain. Travel and money sent by Cuban Americans will be unaffected, but Americans will be unable to spend money in state-run hotels or restaurants tied to the military, a significant prohibition.
Editorials for and against the rollback.
Previously: Deal Will Allow Up to 110 U.S. Flights to Cuba Daily
President Obama Visits Cuba
USA Ends "Wet Foot/Dry Foot" Policy for Cuban Migrants
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @11:52PM (1 child)
No, can't think of any good. [cato.org] -- sent from my iphone
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday June 17 2017, @08:32AM
They gave me an iPhone. I don't use it. I mean, my intern uses it. The iPhone is the best of the modern cyber, she tells me. But you have to be Einstein to figure it out. Complicated! And let me tell you, a lot, a lot of the modern cyber comes from China. The iPhone and a lot of the cyber. They're eating our lunch, folks. Killing our economy. We've got to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.A. We've got to put the American worker first. We think of Apple as an American company. But they make their product in China. And they have offices here but China makes more money with Apple than we do, if you think about it. And we have to bring Apple -- and other companies like Apple -- back to the United States. We have to do it. And that's one of my real dreams for the country, to get them back. We have a great capacity in this country. If you think about it, they have an advantage in a lot of ways. First of all, they manipulate the hell out of their currency, which just kills us. It makes it so hard to compete. China has zero respect for our country. I will get them to stop. And honestly, they're communists. Not as bad as Cuba. Not as bad as Bernie. But they're communists. Big advantage for them. But we have advantages because the shipping costs and the costs of what they do over there is so enormous. What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time as they bring their manufacturing to the U.S.A. How do you like it? I just thought of that. Boycott Apple. We’re going to get Apple to build their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries. To build their cyber in the U.S.A. #TrumpWinery [twitter.com] #MakeAmericaGreatAgain [twitter.com]