Reince Priebus: Trump Will Undo U.S.-Cuba Ties Absent New Concessions

[still_one]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said that Trump will reverse President Barack Obama’s executive orders restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba unless the Cuban government agrees to additional reforms.

“We’re not going to have a unilateral deal coming from Cuba back to the United States without some changes in their government ― repression, open markets, freedom of religion, political prisoners. These things need to change in order to have open and free relationships. And that’s what President-elect Trump believes and that’s where he is going to head,” Priebus told Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday.

Wallace pressed Priebus on the matter, asking whether he meant that Trump would stop at nothing short of a revolution in Cuba before agreeing to preserve the new ties. Priebus clarified that revolution would not be necessary, but that Trump would “absolutely” roll back Obama’s bilateral economic and diplomatic reconciliation with Cuba if there are not new concessions from Raul Castro’s government.

“There has to be something. And what that something is, Chris, has yet to be determined,” Priebus said. “But I can assure you he is going to require some movement or some schedule of movement in order to then schedule some kind of relationship with Cuba.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-trump-cuba_us_583ae1b0e4b09b605600cfed

While this is no surprise, I would again lie to thank those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary for making this possible

[MADem]

1. Translation: Trump will fuck over our reputation for

reasonableness and leadership that has been hard-regained over the last eight years.

And anyone who claims to be "progressive" and didn't vote for the best candidate does share in the blame for that orange turd on our national lawn.

[Solly Mack]

2. Translation:(more) Business opportunities for American corporations.

[Retrograde]

14. Translation:(more) Business opportunities for Trump

FIFY: I don't think he cares about US business in general - he's out for his cut.

[Solly Mack]

15. True

[elehhhhna]

3. He wants a hotel concession

Really? The Trump administration wants something to change but they don't know what yet but something? Religious freedom? Like his Muslim registry?

[OnDoutside]

16. Bingo.

[Vinca]

4. Reince is forgetting the Trump business interests.

He was interested in doing business in Cuba many years ago and I imagine Uday and Qusay are salivating at the prospects of Trump hotels and casinos in Havana.

[JHan]

5. Priebus is really out of his depth..

There's a smart way to do things, and a really stupid way .. Priebus chose the latter.

Obama wisely understood that the best way to influence in this case was through example : slowly opening things up would bring about economic change. Cubans would benefit, change would have happened quietly and softly and also fairly quickly. Obama gave the Cubans no room to wiggle, he was killing them with kindness. Now the Republicans want to apply a hammer to a softly softly and more effective approach, obstinacy gets us nowhere.

[Lotusflower70]

6. An open door

Created by diplomacy will be slammed shut with ignorance and obstinance.

[greymattermom]

7. Does he plan to apply these standards to other counties?

Like Saudi Arabia?

[bitterross]

11. Thank You! What about all our Middle Eastern "friends?"

My first thought Exactly!

[malaise]

8. The same Groper Don the Con who violated the US embargo against Cuba

[dhill926]

18. yeah...that's gone down the rabbit hole hasn't it....

[world wide wally]

9. Whatever they do will depend on what Putin has to say about it

America no longer controls its own destiny, but at least we get to hate our fellow citizens if they're the wrong color or religion and not worry about any politically correct bullshit

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Making good on his promise to take America back

50 years.

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Translated: Cuba becomes the new Puerto Rico.

[Initech]

13. Freedom of religion? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Trumpholes don't want freedom of religion here, what makes them care about having it in another country?

[SaschaHM]

17. So will the Trump Havana be opening in 2018 or 2019?