The measures – which bar Americans from staying at more than 430 hotels owned or controlled by the government and impose new restrictions on professional meetings, performances and sports competitions – are intended to deny revenue to Cuban authorities. "It is a wrong policy that is widely rejected by American society and even among Cuban Americans.". One option would be to have Republican-led state legislatures claim the results of the election to be fraudulent, and then choose a slate of Republican electors to vote in the Electoral College regardless of the outcome of the actual vote. Florida is a state where Trump's advisers believe a tough stand against Cuba would be well received by its large Cuban-American population. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced he was rolling back the Obama-era policies and would seek to end economic practices that “disproportionately benefit” the … Trump imposes new bans against Cuba after Havana criticizes U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday banned U.S. citizens from bringing home rum or cigars from Cuba and from staying at … Earlier this week, Trump said he expects the November election to end up before the Supreme Court, saying that’s why he’s pushing the Senate to rapidly confirm a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. Trump has tightened restrictions that were relaxed by his predecessor, Barack Obama. Since Trump took office in January 2017, he has been rolling back a detente with America's old Cold War foe pursued by his Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama. 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Trump won the southern state by 1.2 percentage points in 2016. In June 2019, the Trump administration imposed heavy new restrictions to Cuba, including reimposing limits on the amounts of money that Cuban Americans can send to relatives on the island, as well as the frequency of transactions, and ordering restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, The Atlantic magazine has revealed Republican Party officials are looking at ways to subvert the election process to ensure Trump stays in power. There will be a continuation.". As president, Donald Trump has taken a harsh stance toward Cuba. A Treasury factsheet said U.S. citizens would be allowed to buy rum and cigars while visiting the communist-run island, but would no longer be permitted to bring those products home. More recently, in 2013, executives from the Trump Organization visited Cuba to explore investing in a golf course east of Havana, in an area known … ISSN: 2616-6917, Wall Street makes modest gains, tech stocks most in demand, Confidence in economy in Brazil back to pre-pandemic levels, Canada to continue barring non-U.S. arrivals until end of October, 737 Max could be back in U.S. skies before end of year, China to continue to open new coal mines despite carbon-neutral target. /Reuters, "The current U.S. authorities insist on the application of a sanctions policy against Cuba that has not achieved the proposed objectives in 60 years," said a Cuban embassy official in Washington. Starwood Hotels, now owned by Marriott, was the first U.S. hotel company to sign a deal with Cuba since the 1959 revolution amid normalization of relations sought by Obama. Donald Trump, in Little Havana, signs order reversing much of Obama's Cuba policy. U.S. and Cuban flags are seen before a ceremony in Havana, Cuba, December 28, 2017. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. WASHINGTON, DC - The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions against Cuba, aimed at further denying sources of revenue to the government in Havana. Voters See Trump as Unqualified for Presidency, Filipino "Trump" Set to Win Presidency Despite Accused Role in Death Squads, European Union Urges Israel to Stop Building Illegal Settlements, Financial Giant Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Creating Phony Accounts and Credit Cards, 60th Anniversary of the Landing of the Granma, Excerpts of Speech by Cuban President Raul Castro, December 3rd, Santiago de Cuba.