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What was the point of treating Cuban/American relations this way? (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2017 OP
destroy Obama legacy JI7 Jun 2017 #1
100%... spanone Jun 2017 #10
And, there's this.. Cha Jun 2017 #28
Because Obama did it dflprincess Jun 2017 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2017 #25
Enjoy your stay. dchill Jun 2017 #26
LOL Kali Jun 2017 #29
Hey! You're missing all the fun! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2017 #32
... Kali Jun 2017 #39
ohhh racist bullshit and a shout-out to the "deep state".... Raster Jun 2017 #30
Politics by Trolling. QC Jun 2017 #3
You inspired this post SHRED Jun 2017 #12
Thanks! I really think that's it about him--and a lot of people in politics now. QC Jun 2017 #19
they finally had a chance to better themselves and 45 is helping Putin move in there luvMIdog Jun 2017 #4
Actually it will benefit China leftstreet Jun 2017 #16
Little Marco & Rich Cuban Ex-Pats Me. Jun 2017 #5
Listening to Radio Havana tonight, none seem very pleased with tRump and his regime's actions. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #6
Putin probably wants his lackey tRump to cool our relations with Cuba. fleabiscuit Jun 2017 #7
Trump's mission in life is to destroy everything. Wait until he starts playing with the nuclear RKP5637 Jun 2017 #8
here's one answer - the old "follow the money" theme.... ciaobaby Jun 2017 #9
I read that...wow SHRED Jun 2017 #11
Cubans live in strong, connected communities. You don't see homeless people there. Ron Green Jun 2017 #13
So True ! ciaobaby Jun 2017 #22
He's the Anti-Obama Leith Jun 2017 #14
It was for Little Marco. nt DURHAM D Jun 2017 #15
My guesses, not sure about the order UTUSN Jun 2017 #17
Lawrence talked about this on his show Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #18
Interesting SHRED Jun 2017 #20
Being an asshole to a Spanish-speaking country gives his supporters a boner. Iggo Jun 2017 #21
Trump probably got a Barcadi Family bribe. McCamy Taylor Jun 2017 #23
This is so dissapointing airplaneman Jun 2017 #24
Agree with everything you've said. FlightRN Jun 2017 #34
. By canceling Obama's Cuba policy, Trump today bribed Marco Rubio Cha Jun 2017 #27
He's a vindictive creep. dchill Jun 2017 #31
Because Trump hates dictators. Bwahahaha! I crack myself up. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #33
It is about his lousy businesses. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #35
It's all about pandering to the Cuban expat vote Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #36
That's what I think too. Dulcinea Jun 2017 #37
The Trump 2020 Election campaign filed official papers on Inauguration Day! CottonBear Jun 2017 #38

Response to dflprincess (Reply #2)

Raster

(20,998 posts)
30. ohhh racist bullshit and a shout-out to the "deep state"....
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 03:48 AM
Jun 2017

...what's wrong? 4chan/brietbart/infowars not feeling warm and fuzzy?

Did someone lose their little pepe?

Go fuck yourself. Take your bullshit elsewhere.

QC

(26,371 posts)
3. Politics by Trolling.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:05 PM
Jun 2017

Trump's guiding principle is to do whatever will piss off liberals. It's pure politics as gesture, in this case the gesture of a raised middle finger.

He's a troll.

QC

(26,371 posts)
19. Thanks! I really think that's it about him--and a lot of people in politics now.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:01 AM
Jun 2017

It's all about sticking it to people you don't like--except that in most cases they aren't actual people so much as some mental image of the other.

It's like those kids who fix their trucks to "roll coal." They just know that there's a lesbian couple somewhere with matching Priuses who would be outraged if they saw all that smoke--except those ladies don't even know they exist and meanwhile these fools spent good money to fuck up their trucks and will probably get a ticket.

Idiots and their pointless gestures. And this is why they love Trump, and why Trump does the things he does.

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
16. Actually it will benefit China
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:42 PM
Jun 2017

Not sure I understand it all, but China's already got current and future developments in the works with Cuba

Can't help but wonder if this is a quid pro quo (keeping US competitors out) after China just gifted Trump with all those trademarks

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
8. Trump's mission in life is to destroy everything. Wait until he starts playing with the nuclear
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:11 PM
Jun 2017

codes and NK. The guy is the Antichrist. I'm amazed the religious flock loving him can't comprehend what's going on.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
11. I read that...wow
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:26 PM
Jun 2017

It's impossible to predict how low this orange ape will go.

My apologies to apes.

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
13. Cubans live in strong, connected communities. You don't see homeless people there.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:36 PM
Jun 2017

There's a good doctor and clinic to serve each neighborhood.

Cubans know how to live poor and happy, and that threatens the very idea of the American Empire, which demands fearful, alienated people striving to consume.

Would that we'd learn as much from Cuba as we try to push onto them.

 

ciaobaby

(1,000 posts)
22. So True !
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:31 AM
Jun 2017

I was able to visit Cuba and left with the same feeling you described. The sense of community was beautiful.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
14. He's the Anti-Obama
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:37 PM
Jun 2017

If Obama did it, shitgibbon will undo it. rethugs are all in on this.

It's rule by "roast me at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, will ya?"

I've babysat 3 year olds who where more mature.

UTUSN

(70,695 posts)
17. My guesses, not sure about the order
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:52 PM
Jun 2017

* Insatiable financial greed - there are news items out there about his Cuba scheme benefitting his hotels at the expense of his competitors.

* Tearing down OBAMA's accomplishments, besides tearing everything and everybody else.

* The 1st Generation Cuban Exiles/CIA are about the only demographic left to shore up his core Deplorables. The Exiles are a one-issue group who are readily and immediately available for the price of the one issue, like with Fundies.


He's so cynical that the Exiles are probably at the bottom of the list and disposable for discarding as soon as he doesn't need them anymore, the first two probably in a tie.

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
18. Lawrence talked about this on his show
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:00 AM
Jun 2017

He said that it really didn't change anything. Person to person travel will still be allowed but you have to go as a group. He noted that not being able to stay in a hotel owned by the military isn't really that big a deal as most people stay in B and B's. His take is it was a way for Twitler to look like he's doing something. Also, this was the only thing Rubio wanted from Twitler and now that he has it that could change how he sees the investigation.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
23. Trump probably got a Barcadi Family bribe.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:48 AM
Jun 2017

All it takes is one rich person willing to grease Slime Balls palm for Trump to do any kind of insane thing. He is doing it for the Citizens United money.

airplaneman

(1,239 posts)
24. This is so dissapointing
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 01:13 AM
Jun 2017

I hate everything Trump is doing. I believe we need to be better friends with as many countries as possible. Its not in our interest to never move forward.
Trumps last day will not come soon enough. This presidency has been really difficult on me.
-Airplane

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
36. It's all about pandering to the Cuban expat vote
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 07:44 AM
Jun 2017

They tend to be conservative and this just keeps them on his side.

He actually thinks he will be in office long enough to run for reelection.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
38. The Trump 2020 Election campaign filed official papers on Inauguration Day!
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:09 AM
Jun 2017

Dolt45 began officially running for reelection on the day of the inauguration.

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