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> There's been alot of changes to US foreign policy because of public pressure. I think the Cuba embargo being softened under President Obama (as well as his of
by bigbillheck 4y ago
> There's been alot of changes to US foreign policy because of public pressure. I think the Cuba embargo being softened under President Obama (as well as his official state visit) was a huge step in the right direction and can be traced to public pressure on normalizing relations with Cuba.
How'd that work out since he left office?
- no_wizard 4y agoExpansion: https://www.state.gov/biden-administration-expands-support-to-the-cuban-people/ https://www.state.gov/biden-administration-expands-support-t... More normalized relations, even under Trump
- bigbillheck 4y agoSeems remarkably fragile: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-cuba-relations#chapter-title-0-6 https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-cuba-relations#chapter-t...
- reducesuffering 4y agoUS Cuba relations simply comes down to a small segment of US society called Cuban-Americans in Florida. Florida is a massive swing state providing a huge amount of electoral votes. As it currently stands, Republicans need a majority in Florida to have a chance at winning the Presidency. Cuban-Americans are the most opposed to normalizing relations. This is why Trump and Republicans push against normalizing relations, so they can get the Cuban-American block and win Florida. Democrats have to walk a fine line. Even when normalizing relations is the right thing, doing the opposite is what wins you the US presidential election.