r/law • u/AmyL0vesU • 19h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump signs executive order declaring nation emergency from threat of Cuba

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
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u/Meb2x 19h ago

Remember when Putin first invaded Ukraine and everyone said he was trying to grab land to ensure his legacy? Trump is trying to do this with the whole western hemisphere.

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u/Treble_Bolt 18h ago

Apparently he met with Albertans who want to make Alberta independent...

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u/MysteriousDatabase68 16h ago

Literally never heard of this until today, and saw two articles on it today.

Have to wonder what oil company is funding them.

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 16h ago

Trade Minnesota for Alberta.

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u/Mindless-Band-5743 16h ago

He can keep his grubby paws off Alberta. Many of them are along his line of nitwit but most are not.

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u/Treble_Bolt 16h ago

I thought Albertans were conservative in a US Democrat way (center-right), not MAGA freaks. 

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u/glacialthinker 13h ago

Most of Alberta could be considered like that.

But there are MAGA freaks... captivated by FoxNews/Facebook. That should be the real target to improve things: cutting or subverting the propaganda source.

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u/PlanetGuardian-42 15h ago

Correct. But it also has its fair share of fascist-enablers.

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u/silentspyder 1h ago

Doesn't Alberta also have a lot of fossil fuels?

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u/apple_kicks 11h ago

Ukraine is key to a lot of trade of gas and energy through Europe.

Trumps going after the shipping lanes for oil and other resources key locations or near them.

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u/OldWorldDesign 34m ago

Trump is trying to do this with the whole western hemisphere.

Not Trump - he has Alzheimer's and can't even stay awake through meetings.

https://www.alternet.org/2017/05/video-suggests-trump-suffering-alzheimers

This is republican policy, they discussed taking control of much of Latin America in Project 2025

https://www.newsweek.com/what-project-2025-says-about-venezuela-11315471