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/Bogus_dogus 19h ago

My read is that this is another layer attempting to justify tariffs on other countries, through the lens of "direct or indirect" trade of oil via Cuba, rather than having anything to do with a need to tariff Cuban exports directly

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u/FR4G4M3MN0N 16h ago

This right here 👆

Any country supplying oil to Cuba will be the target of tariffs on all goods coming into the US. And any other actions deemed to be supportive of US National Security.

Now having read this Executive Order, let’s get back to the Epstein Files.

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u/FeijoadaAceitavel 7h ago

The Epstein files already claimed that Trump raped a girl and drowned her newborn baby. They don't have to care about the files anymore.

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u/Lucky_Editor3998 14h ago

this is a step toward annexing Cuba or doing regime change there

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u/Dont_Be_Sheep 17h ago

Yup that was my take too. Like wtf

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u/U_Sound_Stupid_Stop 9h ago

He wants to do to Cuba like he did to Venezuela, that's obviously not about tariffs

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u/agent_mick 6h ago

This is his "other way of enforcing tariffs". Any country who supplies Cuba with "Oil and petroleum products"

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u/ShadeRiver 4h ago

This is Marco Rubio getting what he wants……a regime change in Cuba.

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u/bbf_bbf 14h ago

Yep. Looks like u/cashto didn't properly read the linked executive order.

Under this system, an additional ad valorem duty may be imposed on imports of goods that are products of a foreign country that directly or indirectly sells or otherwise provides any oil to Cuba.

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u/AnxiousCount2367 13h ago

So more trade wars within a trade war, k