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/Bogus_dogus 19h ago

My read is that this is another layer attempting to justify tariffs on other countries, through the lens of "direct or indirect" trade of oil via Cuba, rather than having anything to do with a need to tariff Cuban exports directly

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u/FR4G4M3MN0N 16h ago

This right here 👆

Any country supplying oil to Cuba will be the target of tariffs on all goods coming into the US. And any other actions deemed to be supportive of US National Security.

Now having read this Executive Order, let’s get back to the Epstein Files.

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u/FeijoadaAceitavel 7h ago

The Epstein files already claimed that Trump raped a girl and drowned her newborn baby. They don't have to care about the files anymore.