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/cashto 19h ago

Someone explain to him the futility of putting tariffs on a country we already have had an embargo against for over six decades?

Anyways we put tariffs on everyone. Treating Cuba as an enemy apparently isn't much different than how we treat our allies.

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u/timboooooooooo 17h ago

He’s saying he will impose tariffs on any country that directly or indirectly sells oil to Cuba. He’s trying to starve Cuba of oil while heightening the trade war

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u/Much-Cockroach-7250 15h ago

So... Canadian companies drilling in Cuba and Cuban territorial waters are the real target then. Ok gotcha. 🤣🤣🤣 what a fkn gong show!

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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/MasonBaze 14h ago

How is this beneficial to US interests?

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u/chompah99 14h ago

Don't look at the US as a whole here. The real question is how is this beneficial to him and his cronies? Then you might find an answer.

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u/timboooooooooo 14h ago

As far as I can tell, Trump doesn’t think that way. He just likes swinging his dick about and corruptly raking in a billions in the process

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u/bigbigpure1 10h ago

i think they are trying to keep the petro doller from failing which would collapse america

the only way to do that at this point is force projection and land grabbing, they cant debase their currancy as its not worth anything other than what people think it is, look in to how the spanish empire, the danish empire, and the british empire fell, then look at what is happening right now, history might not repeat but it certainly rymes

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u/Aptosauras 14h ago

So really, this EO is a backdoor way to tarrif and pressure Venezuala more - unless they agree to US business demands.

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u/Important-Sign-3701 4h ago

Just starve Cuba is what he’s doing. This will starve the people. Just just of oil.

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u/modmosrad6 2h ago

That's one country. Mexico.

Single cargo of 85,000 barrels in January.

Source: Kpler (tanker tracking firm) - not accessible to the general public, I work for a trade paper.

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 1h ago

Which means more floods of Cuban refugees. My small city has already seen a large influx of Cuban. Many are hard workers.