{"id":3512,"date":"2021-01-14T15:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2021-01-14T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:51:53","slug":"meeks-statement-on-trump-designation-of-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/meeks-statement-on-trump-designation-of-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeks Statement on Trump Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png?resize=747%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png?w=902&amp;ssl=1 902w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png?resize=768%2C254&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington\u2013Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am outraged that Donald Trump is designating Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism less than a week after he incited a domestic terror attack on the U.S. Capitol. The hypocrisy from President Trump and Secretary Pompeo is stunning but not surprising.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For four years, the Trump Administration\u2019s policy towards Cuba has been focused on hurting the Cuban people \u2013 from drastically reducing remittances in the middle of a pandemic to limiting the ability of Americans to travel to the island. Donald Trump \u2013 who as a businessman\u00a0registered the Trump Organization\u2019s trademark on the island in 2008 \u2013 has always seen Cuba as a political football with zero regard for the long-suffering Cuban people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is essential that the State Sponsor of Terrorism list be used judiciously to maintain its seriousness and integrity and that a country is never added to the list unless it meets the legal standard. I urge President-elect Biden to add the reversal of today\u2019s foreign policy failure to his long \u2018to do\u2019 list when he takes office.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/2021\/1\/meeks-statement-on-trump-designation-of-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terror\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/2021\/1\/meeks-statement-on-trump-designation-of-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terror\">US House of representatives &#8211; Committee on Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington\u2013Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement: &#8220;I am outraged that Donald Trump is designating Cuba<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/meeks-statement-on-trump-designation-of-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terror\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-us-aggression"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8607,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/trump-reimposes-genocidal-sanctions-on-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":3512,"position":0},"title":"Trump reimposes genocidal sanctions on Cuba.","author":"Editorial Team","date":"January 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuba Support Group Ireland expresses our solidarity with the long-suffering Cuban people, and their democratically elected government, in the wake of the vindictive reimposition of genocidal financial sanctions by US President Donald Trump. 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