I think he did that because The Biden Team has indicated a new approach to Cuba. All this happened by the way when Trump has been playing golf all week. And he's the one who bitched about Obama playing golf.
Sen. Josh Hawley to object to Joe Biden's Electoral College win excerpt: "Hawley, a close ally of the president, is the first senator to announce he would back the effort on Jan. 6, ensuring both chambers will debate and be forced to vote on whether to overturn Biden's election win. A faction of conservative House Republicans, led by Mo. Brooks, R-Ala., have already said they will object to electoral votes from some battleground states that Biden won, such as Pennsylvania ad Georgia."
Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List excerpt: "Democrats on Tuesday assailed the Cuba proposal, criticizing what they called an 11th-hour foreign policy change that unfairly limits the incoming Biden team. “It’s another stunt by this president with less than 23 days to go,” Representative Gregory W. Meeks, a New York Democrat who is the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a telephone interview. “He’s trying to put handcuffs on the incoming administration,” Mr. Meeks added. The State Department removed Cuba from its list of terrorism sponsors in 2015, after President Barack Obama announced the normalization of relations between Washington and Havana for the first time since the country’s 1959 communist revolution, which he called a relic of the Cold War. In return for pledges of political and social reform, Mr. Obama dropped economic sanctions, relaxed restrictions on travel and trade, and reopened an embassy in Havana for the first time in decades. In 2016, he became the first American president to visit the island since Calvin Coolidge."
This is EXACTLY why Pelosi had a stand-alone bill brought up for a vote in the House for $2000 checks to American families. That way, no "add-on poison pills" could be added to the stand-alone bill to be able to point fingers for political "gotcha's" ALL bills in Congress should be required to be stand-alone bills ........... that way the American people can see clearly who's doing what ............ for or against their interests. Here's a thought ............. for all those nut jobs that are screaming that these checks to keep families and small businesses afloat ( in a deadly global pandemic!!! ) are going to convert the U.S. into a communist country - Do you have NO faith in capitalism at all??? Do you believe that people - as a whole aggregate group - are sooooo lazy that they wouldn't want to go back to work and challenge themselves, and feel a sense of responsibility & pride in their work?? Personally - I'd be bored TO TEARS!!!!! Aren't we all sick and tired of sitting around and being isolated because of Covid-19??? Who doesn't want to go back to work, mingle with co-workers, have daily changes of scenery??? This is a once-in-a-lifetime (hopefully!) deadly pandemic which had NO VACCINE for it, and no known treatments. If it had been handled intelligently .......... prudently ........... without foolhardy misinformation from the start, this U.S. situation could have been MUCH LESS deadly & constraining. In my lifetime, the only other government call for mass immunizations was back in the 1960's with an oral vaccine placed in sugar cubes for polio. NOBODY questioned science and doctors back then. NOBODY yelled and screamed "communism" or "socialism" or "big government is taking over our lives." EVERYONE went and ate the sugar cubes at their local schools or community centers. There were big lines of people - all peacefully waiting their turns to get the vaccine. Were our parents and grandparents all "commies" and "radicals" ???? NO - NO THEY WEREN'T. The U.S. didn't sink into a communist dictatorship, people acted with civility about it, no radio shock-jocks screamed (for big pay from big ratings) that the government was taking away our Constitutional rights. The Constitution was safe ......... in fact ......... such thoughts that we hear all the time these days - weren't even considered!! People back then - thank GOD - could see the benefits of the new vaccine and were very grateful for the chance to take it. If most people would just settle down, think things through, and "tough it out" for a few more months of masks and social distancing / avoiding indoor gatherings ......... we could see the worst of this pandemic in our rear-view mirrors. We could get back to some sense of normalcy again. Then - we wouldn't need all the bailouts for families and small businesses. I believe things will B-O-O-M once we can all go about freely. Pent=up demand for EVERYTHING!!! But .................. will we ALL be smart enough and "tough enough" to see us through???
Trump administration taking steps to designate Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism in coming days - CNNPolitics excerpt: "Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on Wednesday "denounced" the expected designation, suggesting it was meant "to please the anti-Cuban minority in Florida." "US grants shelter and impunity to terrorist groups acting against Cuba from that territory," Rodriguez Parrilla wrote on Twitter. Since taking office, Trump sought to reverse efforts by the Obama administration to end Cold War-era hostilities with Cuba and help to foster a new era of prosperity and growth for the country following decades of rule by socialist Fidel Castro. Trump's administration labeled Cuba as part of a so-called "Troika of Tyranny," which included Venezuela and Nicaragua, and has imposed bruising sanctions and other restrictions on all three countries in the name of combating socialism in the Western Hemisphere. A terrorism designation would likely please Cuban Americans and other voters who helped power Trump to victory in Florida though he ultimately lost the election."
Political theatre, stunts and brinksmanship intended to do 2 things ........... #1.) de-rail anything Biden will try to get done in the early days of his Presidency, so he looks bad (as McConnell bragged about his plans to roadblock Obama), and #2.) to secure their own local district elections for themselves = their own job security at the expense of what's best for the whole country. Nothing new from THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ............. just the same OLD NO.
Cruz is using the same deceptive fundraising ploy as Trump. Ted Cruz’s Georgia Runoff Fundraising Is Actually Going to His Campaign. He's Not Alone
Or that masks, social distancing, and avoiding indoor gatherings were a safer route to take. I'll bet his family is doing a TON of 2nd-guessing of things.
Just the thing to do in the middle of a national health emergency ............... right U.S. citizens?????????????????
But those loyal "never-maskers, never-vaxers, pandemic-deniers" are holding fast to Trump and that "oh-so-caring" REPUBLICAN PARTY dogma. Just how "smart" (?) are those elected officials who won't wear masks, avoid gatherings, or socially distance??? Tractor-trailer morgues full of bodies aren't convincing those "patriots" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a JUDGE Trump cannot escape from - or BS / buy off. I'm imperfect for sure - but not on that scale. I too need God's mercy for my own shortcomings.
And the one CERTAIN , proven incidence of voter fraud in Pa. was by a REPUBLICAN who voted twice - once for his dead mother - and then himself for Trump!!!!! The truth is hilarious on this voter fraud thing ...... isn't it???????
About this chicken fucking---the proper way is to rip their heads off and fuck ém in the neck. Jeeze-----some of you people!
When I was homeless and staying at a shelter in Colorado there was a guy from Cuba there too. His name was Carlos and he was cool. His family was originally from Russia and somehow made it to Miami. I think he ended up going back to Miami. He wasn't anti Castro like the rest of them. Today Cuba is changing and I hope the resolve their problems. I'd love to go and visit over there.