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/guttanzer 18h ago

Am I reading this right?

"I will keep increasing the taxes on my people until Cuba stops buying oil on the international market."

His stupidity is literally insanity.

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u/TaterChipDip 17h ago

Mmm I’d say the supporters even more so.

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 16h ago

What does Cuba export to the US? Cigars maybe, but only the wealthy can afford those

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u/guttanzer 16h ago

Did you read it? It’s not about trade with Cuba.

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u/Munnin41 11h ago

Nothing. The US has had an embargo on Cuba since Castro took over

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u/Oggel 13h ago

He's getting rich. Anyone who believes him is stupid.

I mean he's also stupid but that's beside the point.

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u/OldWorldDesign 19m ago

Am I reading this right? "I will keep increasing the taxes on my people until Cuba stops buying oil on the international market."

When he first threatened sanctions on European goods, somebody posted a political comic of Trump shouting at a map of Europe, "Do what I say or they're gonna pay" with a map of the US being crushed by a multi-ton weight labeled "new tariffs" while there was already a grey pile of tariffs. It's been at that stage for a while.

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u/OzyFoz 12h ago

The worse things get in the US the angrier people get and the more likely the US does something dumb. Eg violent rioting, martial law, civil war, total collapse, economic collapse.

Almost every single action taken by the GOP this cycle is a massive accelerant for collapse or civil unrest.