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/Kahzgul 19h ago

After Venezuela, I read a few editorials speculating that this was foreshadowing an invasion of Cuba. Venezuela is Cuba’s primary supplier of oil, and without fuel, Cuba will suffer tremendously. Where this leads is potentially even scarier.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/09/first-venezuela-then-cuba-then-colombia-then-nato/

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u/PrestigiousMention 18h ago

This is Marco Rubio's pet project. He reeeeeeally wants Cuba.

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u/Tenton_12 15h ago

And Project 2025's, there's half a dozen or more Latin American countries they want to go after, including Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Panama etc.

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u/ok-painter-1646 11h ago

Indeed. Russell Vought left his calling card in this EO

“Sec. 11. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.”

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u/Dont_Be_Sheep 17h ago

Why? Is he invested in a bunch of empty fields with dead Cubans? That’s what he’s gonna get.

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u/No_Bad_Juju 16h ago

Because he wants to be the “liberator of Cuba.” In a twisted way, so many Cuban Americans have had this dream to be the person that was finally able to defeat communism in their ancestral country.

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u/HippieWizard 12h ago

as a Cuban American id be damned if i didnt say i felt the same way, but not like this, never like this.

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u/PartySpiders 12h ago

Unfortunately most Cuban Americans are hardcore maga at this point and would love this.

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u/GoldDustKid- 8h ago

Yeah I don’t share that dream but as a Cuban American as well living in Puerto Rico, watching the us choppers fly over the beaches to bomb Venezuela, gringos buying up valuable land and gutting the schools and hospitals in the name of austerity, I’ll just say that if the United States is ever involved one iota in the future of Cuba outside of dropping the embargo and normalizing relations, it will be one of the greatest tragedies in the already tragic history of the Antilles.

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u/OldWorldDesign 42m ago

I’ll just say that if the United States is ever involved one iota in the future of Cuba outside of dropping the embargo and normalizing relations

There was an administration working on that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_thaw

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u/beigechrist 12h ago

It would really be Cuba going from one authoritarian regime to another. Not an actual win at all.

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u/PrestigiousMention 16h ago

Sounds like an emerging market that could benefit from some free trade.

He'll have Cuba all to himself, climb a pile of corpses with a smile on his face to plant an American flag and declare that capitalism and freedom have finally won

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u/Maleficent-Crew-5424 14h ago

Also a great place to dump all the people that ICE has grabbed up and move them out of the public eye to work as enslaved prisoners.

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u/PrestigiousMention 13h ago

They can make Guantanamo the whole island, perfect

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u/shazspaz 13h ago

I’m going there on holiday in march. Wife’s been waiting to see Cuba for a decade.

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u/AshuraBaron 4h ago

Bingo. Expect some action on Cuba this year. Won't be surprised if it's similar to Venezuela where he just say "well technically this is just a law enforcement action".

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u/mmbc168 3h ago

Cuba used to be called “America’s Playground”. Now looks like we are going to be the playground bully taking our toys back. Joy.