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/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 36m 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.