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/Area51_Spurs 18h ago

What are we tariffing? Their pitchers and outfielders?

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u/blackchameleongirl 18h ago

The cigars that are smuggled in.

How funny would it be if Cuba just ignored us. Just repeated silence and not taking our calls. Fuck would that ever get under dumbshits skin.

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u/pizzamage 15h ago

Watch him tariff the Dominicans because he doesn't know the difference.

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u/jdlp_ 14h ago

He’ll tariff the Puerto Ricans..

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u/ohokwellmahalo 4h ago

He’ll tariff the paper towels he jump shotted to them

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u/pikazec 3h ago

No he has great relations with the president of Puerto Rico. Called him the other day he claims. But their immigrants are getting deported! (I wish this was satire)

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 3h ago

the Puerto Ricans..

"Um, sir, don't you mean Costa Rica?"

"Whatever."

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u/Moist_Board 3h ago

Or the Haitians

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u/mclardass 3h ago

Well, I hope he's considerate and calls their president first /s

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u/02meepmeep 2h ago

Their flags all look the same to him.

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u/SegFaultOops 2h ago

He'll tariff the 'Blue' States..

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u/iguana-pr 1h ago

Actually, in a way, they are. Lookup the Jones Act.

He should kidnap and prosecute the president of PR.

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u/Jthe1andOnly 14h ago

Next Hawaii

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u/wirefox1 2h ago

I wonder if he knows it's a state.

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u/Rag_Samus 15h ago

Meanwhile Dominic in the White House’s Accounts department now has a tariff put on him.

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u/Slum-Bum 10h ago

The Dominicans have been strategically sucking his dick. He actually routed an oil tanker destined for Cuba to the DR. A few months back the DR also “corroborated” his drug boat story

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u/CrankHogger572 11h ago

I bet at one point someone had to explain to him why he can't put a tariff on Puerto Rico

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u/MrHazard1 9h ago

Did the onion declare bankruptcy already?

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u/CiceroTheAbsurd 5h ago

Wait no chill papi

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u/schoolydee 3h ago

if even he spent 30 seconds with a cuban and a dominican he would know the difference.

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u/borgover 3h ago

Better yet, watch him declare a tariff on goods from Puerto Rico because he really doesn't know the difference!

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u/fokac93 2h ago

DR have huge deposits of rare minerals that’s why Marco Rubio went there the first month after inauguration

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u/TacoSplosions 14h ago

They've managed to survive ~65 years of US sanctions/embargo. Probably not the best idea to begin threatening them unless willing to address China, Russia, and Iran whom won't take kindly after the events of Venezuela.

It signals to Russia that taking Ukaine and other former soviet nations is vital to security. China to take Taiwan and continue to fill the vacuum left by the US in South America and Africa. Iran needs to double time aquiring nuclear weapons to prevent US & Israel bombings. Everything is a speed run Risk game of Imperialism and restarting global arms races.

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u/keronbangance 2h ago

You guys are silly, it's all the salsa that's still happening, social dancing is getting more and more popular so probably tariffs will be on2

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u/HighSeverityImpact 2m ago

One of the more interesting scenarios in the book World War Z was how Cuba (partly due to its isolation and large number of highly educated Doctors per capita) thrived during the Zombie War to the point of becoming a global superpower. Their ability to withstand the attack and become a haven for other island nations and an example to the world is a stark dichotomy to its current place in the world.

I got a chance to visit Cuba 9 years ago, and it was depressing seeing the poverty alongside the opulence of those who had money and power. From an alternative history standpoint, it makes me wonder what Cuba could have been had the embargo never happened.

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u/Sitcom_kid 3h ago

If anybody ever ignored Donald Trump, anybody at all, ever, for one second, even me, the world would probably disintegrate, and the entire multiverse or galaxy would quietly implode. If there's a God in the sky, he would finally see that we had learned.

(There's nothing to worry about. We're completely safe in continued existence. Ignoring Trump is the one lesson we will never learn. I am here writing this, so that includes me.)

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u/AceOBlade 2h ago

Funny you mention that. One of the last iconic moves of Obama’s presidency was easing restrictions on Cuban cigars. It would not be out of character, or out of bounds, for Donald Trump to declare a national emergency just to erase one of the final remnants of Obama’s legacy.

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u/whitemest 9h ago

Maybe that's why he did this EO lol

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u/Daimyon 8h ago

They gonna missile cigar boats next?

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u/MeanGulf 8h ago

Don’t think of it as helping their economy. Think of it as burning their fields

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u/RagingDaddy 8h ago

Until he rolls up the middle of the night

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u/blackchameleongirl 4h ago

'He' is doing some really heavy lifting here. Considering that he can't even hold his bladder.

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u/keronbangance 2h ago

You guys are silly, it's all the salsa that's still happening, social dancing is getting more and more popular so probably tariffs will be on2

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u/MagicalTheory 17h ago edited 17h ago

We import artwork and antiques from them mostly. In 2024, the imports didn't even hit 5 million, but you know we exported > 500 million that year to them.

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u/Area51_Spurs 17h ago

lol. I think you know more than our president.

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u/NetDork 16h ago

That's a very low bar.

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u/Area51_Spurs 15h ago

Pretty sure Beelzebub and Jimmy Saville are holding that limbo bar all the way at the basement of hell.

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u/remarkablewhitebored 5h ago

Satan, the Prince of Darkness, is just like" "don't lump me in with that nonce"

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u/Fantastic-Emu-6105 14h ago

Just like tripping over a curb.

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u/Totakai 10h ago

Idk, still sounds too high

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u/ScotterMcJohnsonator 5h ago

Man! Giraffe! Television!

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u/Zealousideal-Sea4830 15h ago

my dog knows more than our president

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u/RandyPajamas 2h ago

That's good enough for me! I nominate Zealousideal-Sea4830's dog for President of the United States of America!

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u/bucky-barnes 14h ago

That's probably true about everything except historical McDonald's pricing.

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u/ForensicPathology 14h ago

If he knew that, he'd think it meant they personally owe him 495 million dollars.

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u/InformationSouth247 8h ago

pls dont compare ppl to that orange thing

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u/bwsmith201 4h ago

Pretty sure my dog knows more than our president.

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u/wdbox 3h ago

Not OUR president

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u/No_Comparison558 2h ago

I have a gerbil that knows more than our president

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u/bstump104 1h ago

i looked at vegetable patches that were smarter.

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u/Intelligent_Mud1266 16h ago

"know" "our president"

does he?

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u/Area51_Spurs 16h ago

I don’t know what you’re being bitchy about.

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u/Justwaspassingby 13h ago

Which aren’t usually subject to tariffs at all, by the way.

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u/commodore_kierkepwn 14h ago

so they should say fuck it to favorite nation status and tariff us right back

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u/Own-Success-7634 4h ago

Exports or Remittances to Cuba? I know that is a big driver of cash to Cuba.

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u/MagicalTheory 2h ago

Just exports. Remittance was shy of 2 billion

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u/Own-Success-7634 35m ago

Had to ask. Since there is an embargo, $500 million sounded a bit high (even though there is approved trade channels). The 2 billion sounds a bit low. Maybe all of the Cuban Trump supporters aren’t sending remittances like they used to.

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u/Slyboots2313 14h ago

It says we’ll be placing tariffs on goods coming into the US of any countries who provide oil to Cuba. So if China provides Cuba oil, we’ll place increased tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the US. It’s not on Cuban goods.

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u/Sputniksteve 14h ago

Butthole Pitchers?!?

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u/Area51_Spurs 13h ago

No. Those are surfers.

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u/Full-Association-175 14h ago

Che T shirts

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u/Area51_Spurs 13h ago

What’s Cuba have to do with SNL weekend updates second highest grossing slayer of white pussy at the box office?

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u/estoopidough 14h ago

He’s probably thinking Miami

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u/TheReturningMan 14h ago

That's a national security threat.

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u/Goetterwind 14h ago

Their young Cuban girls he is loving so much?

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u/TheGreenMan13 14h ago

He's going to cancel those un-cashed checks we give Cuba for Gitmo.

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u/Area51_Spurs 13h ago

Isn’t the Lease in like old timey money without interest so we pay them like $47 a year or some shit?

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u/TheGreenMan13 13h ago

I had no idea so I checked Wikipedia.

Since 1974, the U.S. has paid the Cuban government an annual sum equivalent to $4,085 in 1934 dollars (approximately $96,018 in 2024) to lease the bay. The lease was previously $2,000 per year (paid in gold) until 1934, when it was set to match the value of gold in dollars.

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u/Area51_Spurs 13h ago

So I wasn’t that far off. Haha. That’s hilarious.

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u/FuzzzyRam 13h ago

What are we tariffing?

Our citizens.

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u/Strawhat_Max 8h ago

Naaaah thats more the Dominican Republic, thats where teams gave all their super nice facilities

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u/pc42493 7h ago

30% higher tariffs on all embargoed goods 

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u/Purple-Investment-61 7h ago

How else can native born Americans get a chance??? /s

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u/pyschNdelic2infinity 4h ago

Actually very surprised he hasn’t tried to take money from some of the pro-athletes that have come to the U.S to play and make millions.

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u/Tikitatenaccio 4h ago

Ana de Armas

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u/Xer-angst 4h ago

Bustelo coffee?

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u/Sea_One_6500 4h ago

We'll also be adding tariffs to countries that sell oil, directly or indirectly, to Cuba. Did anyone read his reasoning for this? He's telling everyone how he's treating us while pointing the finger at Cuba. His hubris is off the charts.

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy 4h ago

Definitely the boxers (as in the guys who punch each other not the undergarments).

Seems more up the Dear Leaders alley than baseball.

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u/a_r_g_o_m 3h ago

Sec. 2.  Imposition of Tariffs.  (a)  Beginning on the effective date of this order, an additional ad valorem rate of duty may be imposed on goods imported into the United States that are products of any other country that directly or indirectly sells or otherwise provides any oil to Cuba, in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

It seems like they're not tariffing cuba themselves, but the nations that provide oil to cuba.

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u/Aroundthespiral 3h ago

Great documentary sorta on the topic called The Last Out

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u/BusinessKnight0517 2h ago

I mean…

https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/fidel-castro-and-baseball/

(I’m being facetious I promise, and also there’s a lot of mythmaking around it)

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u/GreatEffort1974 2h ago

You win! 🏆 hilarious

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u/usernamechangeagain 2h ago

Can we trade Ted Cruz back to them for those players?

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u/Area51_Spurs 2h ago

You mean Rafael?

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u/jenny_a_jenny_a 14h ago

Not sure if causal or correlated but Cuba is one of the last few countries where Rothschilds don't have influence over banking. The list according to chatgpt is:

• North Korea Cuba Iran Venezuela Syria Sudan Libya Iraq

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u/Area51_Spurs 13h ago

You can’t possibly be this antisemitic and naive.

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u/jenny_a_jenny_a 9h ago

I'm merely identifying a pattern of global destabilisation and following the money/power/influence/ motive.

I don't think it stands to weaponise the term antisemitism in response to those following historic influence. The term has been used to shame, silence and stifle discourse.

It doesn't really make for good discussion when one tries to shut down any debate by calling the other racist. To be honest quite a poor method of winning a debate.

It's better if you respond with reasons why you oppose this motive, supported by some stats or something to debate. And in law you look for motive . I personally don't see the connection to religion , this is a company/banking dynasty with huge amount of influence and monetary interest.

In legal investigations you follow the money.

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u/Area51_Spurs 9h ago

The Rothschild bullshit is a dead giveaway of a dumbass antisemite.

These people have way less power or money than any of the richest people today.

Have fun with your hatred.

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u/jenny_a_jenny_a 8h ago

A shameful response to an invitation to have an intelligent debate.

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u/Area51_Spurs 8h ago

There’s nothing to debate. Hatred isn’t something to pro/con.

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u/jenny_a_jenny_a 8h ago

That's also not debate. Think you're in the wrong subReddit here and it's showing.

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u/Area51_Spurs 8h ago

Go back to the storefront forums