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WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump on Monday revoked the Biden administration's last-minute decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Entirely expected, sadly. This was just a cheap political stunt from Biden and the DNC with the Cuban people as no more than political tools. There was no chance of any other outcome.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course he did. He did the same shit last time; he undid as much of what Obama did as physically possible as quickly as possible, simply because Obama did it. Trump's a petty, narcissistic old shithead and we're all screwed.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

Why did biden wait until the last minute to do this?

[–] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 month ago

The US is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the history of the planet. Cuba meanwhile is a major contributer to antiterrorism, especially against capitalist fascism.

[–] freewheel@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Let's be real. For Biden it was nothing more than thumbing his nose at Trump, because he knew that Trump would act like a 13-year-old and try to reverse everything his predecessor did.

[–] zib@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

My head canon is that it was simple reverse psychology. Biden really wanted to keep Cuba on the list, but also wanted to score some easy political points on the way out, so he made a show of how he was de-listing them, knowing Trump would undo it a week later because Trump is an immature crybaby bitch.

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Damn. Biden should have cancelled more EV and clean energy projects and funneled money to the oil companies in his last week.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Biden could've done it day one and bought them 4 years of not dealing with that at least.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but establishment democrats only care about appearances.

And it works, consider how many useful idiots vote for them in primaries.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Always the point.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 18 points 1 month ago

Did we not know this as soon as the ~~monied elite~~ press announced it?

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago

How long were they even off the list? Maybe a week? Fuck Biden and this performative bullshit.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Oh look, joe biden was just posturing the entire time.

That's why he waited until the very last minute to do it.

Fuck establishment democrats, and fuck everyone who votes for them.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really went on a limb on that one didn't you?

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Had to get my algorithm all sorted to call it.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Lotta Cubans voted for Trump, too. Good job, guys!

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Do you know any Cubans in the US? Usually they're rich capitalists that hate Cuba. They left for a reason.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, good point!

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

the cubans who voted trump are happy with this. they ran away from their country and sided with the US, the country which put cuba in such dire conditions to begin with. theyre cowards and traitors to the people of their country. they agree that cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism because the cuban state took their grandpa’s slaves away

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Biden removed Cuba after losing the elections for a reason. This is an America problem, not a Trump problem