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How Donald Trump’s Company Violated the United States Embargo Against Cuba

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Updated | A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in Communist Cuba during Fidel Castro’s presidency despite strict American trade bans that made such undertakings illegal, according to interviews with former Trump executives, internal company records and court filings.

And documents show that Trump knew about it the whole time. Doesn't matter. Trump supporters will still vote for him, even though he provided aid and comfort to the enemy. Says as much about them as it does about Trump.

How Donald Trump?s Company Violated the United States Embargo Against Cuba
 
And documents show that Trump knew about it the whole time. Doesn't matter. Trump supporters will still vote for him, even though he provided aid and comfort to the enemy. Says as much about them as it does about Trump.

How Donald Trump?s Company Violated the United States Embargo Against Cuba
"Provided AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY". That's some ridiculous hyberbole even for you. I consider arming, training, and providing support to Al-Qaeda affiliates far more in line with "aid and comfort". Do you know any presidential candidates who have advocated doing that?
 
"Provided AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY". That's some ridiculous hyberbole even for you. I consider arming, training, and providing support to Al-Qaeda affiliates far more in line with "aid and comfort". Do you know any presidential candidates who have advocated doing that?

Trump violated the embargo by doing business with Fidel Castro, who WAS our enemy, for Christ sake.

You have just proven my point. Like I said in my OP. It doesn't matter to Trump supporters. They will find a way to excuse his behavior, no matter how bad it is. Trump was right when he said that he could shoot somebody on Fifth Ave in broad daylight and not lose any supporters. That's because his supporters are just as amoral as he is.
 
Trump violated the embargo by doing business with Fidel Castro, who WAS our enemy, for Christ sake.

You have just proven my point. Like I said in my OP. It doesn't matter to Trump supporters. They will find a way to excuse his behavior, no matter how bad it is. Trump was right when he said that he could shoot somebody on Fifth Ave in broad daylight and not lose any supporters. That's because his supporters are just as amoral as he is.

What enemy list is Cuba or Fidel on? We dont have a state of war with them. Other than actual enemies during war, why should the govt decide who citizens can and can not trade with?
 
What enemy list is Cuba or Fidel on? We dont have a state of war with them. Other than actual enemies during war, why should the govt decide who citizens can and can not trade with?

Once again, someone proves my point. "Sure, we can do business with the Communists, even though, at the time, they were a sworn enemy of the United States".

I do have strong Libertarian leanings in many areas, but this is not one of them. I am not an anarcho-Capitalist nor a Randist, and never will be.
 
Is the objection to US business doing business in Cuba? Or is it that Trump did business in Cuba?

Do you still consider Cuba an enemy of the United States?
 
Is the objection to US business doing business in Cuba? Or is it that Trump did business in Cuba?

Do you still consider Cuba an enemy of the United States?

It was at the time, and Trump committed a felony by doing business there.
 
And documents show that Trump knew about it the whole time. Doesn't matter. Trump supporters will still vote for him, even though he provided aid and comfort to the enemy. Says as much about them as it does about Trump.

How Donald Trump?s Company Violated the United States Embargo Against Cuba

This kind of post is hilarious. How can people that prop up their criminal candidate point a finger at the other guy and cry out with angst? What ever happened to that rule about people in glass houses not casting stones?
 
It was at the time, and Trump committed a felony by doing business there.


Great way to not answer so I will ask again.

Is your objection that a US business did business in Cuba? Or is it because Trump did it?
 
Trump violated the embargo by doing business with Fidel Castro, who WAS our enemy, for Christ sake.

You have just proven my point. Like I said in my OP. It doesn't matter to Trump supporters. They will find a way to excuse his behavior, no matter how bad it is. Trump was right when he said that he could shoot somebody on Fifth Ave in broad daylight and not lose any supporters. That's because his supporters are just as amoral as he is.
"Our Enemy"? No, he was the government's enemy and was so for nebulous and spurious reasons. Don't care personally if people did business with Cuba. Anyway people unofficially did business for years by way of Mexico.
 
This kind of post is hilarious. How can people that prop up their criminal candidate point a finger at the other guy and cry out with angst? What ever happened to that rule about people in glass houses not casting stones?

I'm not voting for Hillary. She's a crook.

And, once again, another example of how Trump supporters will excuse anything, even if it's illegal, their candidate does. This time by saying "But, but, Hillary".
 
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Great way to not answer so I will ask again.

Is your objection that a US business did business in Cuba? Or is it because Trump did it?

My objection is breaking the law. If Hillary had done it, I would be all over her too. But this is not about Hillary, and it's just not about "Only because Trump did it". Trump DID do it.
 
"Our Enemy"? No, he was the government's enemy and was so for nebulous and spurious reasons. Don't care personally if people did business with Cuba. Anyway people unofficially did business for years by way of Mexico.

Yet another example. This thread is now rich with examples. This time, Trump is excused because "It's OK to break the law".
 
I am sure that the statute of limitations has run out by now.
This is a non-issue.
 
Yet another example. This thread is now rich with examples. This time, Trump is excused because "It's OK to break the law".

Nope he just didn't intend to break it. It was a simple mistake.:lamo
 
A few people from a Trump company going to visit Cuba is not "doing business with Cuba". Is there any evidence of business? If these were consultants "business" would mean that somebody payed them for advise, is there any proof that this happened? This thread appears to be built on anti-Trump propaganda, but I am willing to examine the matter.
 
I am sure that the statute of limitations has run out by now.
This is a non-issue.

It's a non issue, as far as the law is concerned, but it still says a lot about Trump's character. The statute of limitations never runs out on that.

And here we have another example. Trump is good in my book because "Statute of Limitations".
 
A few people from a Trump company going to visit Cuba is not "doing business with Cuba". Is there any evidence of business? If these were consultants "business" would mean that somebody payed them for advise, is there any proof that this happened? This thread appears to be built on anti-Trump propaganda, but I am willing to examine the matter.

Trump ended up not doing a deal with Cuba, but $68,000 was spent in Cuba looking at that possibility. Spending even ONE dollar there was against the law.

And yet another example..... "Trump only broke the law a little".
 
Nope he just didn't intend to break it. It was a simple mistake.:lamo

Actually, he did intend to. It's why he went there.

Chalk up another example.
 
"Provided AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY". That's some ridiculous hyberbole even for you. I consider arming, training, and providing support to Al-Qaeda affiliates far more in line with "aid and comfort". Do you know any presidential candidates who have advocated doing that?

Haven't we been told ever since Obama lifted the embargo that Cuba is not an enemy of the US?

Why was it before?
 
Haven't we been told ever since Obama lifted the embargo that Cuba is not an enemy of the US?

Why was it before?

If Trump didn't like the law, he should have lobbied to change it, not break it.

Another example. "It's OK to break the law because I don't like the law".
 
My objection is breaking the law. If Hillary had done it, I would be all over her too. But this is not about Hillary, and it's just not about "Only because Trump did it". Trump DID do it.

Not sure why you mentioned Hillary I never said anything about her.

I just want to make sure you stance is about a person breaking federal law and being punished for breaking that law. Is that a correct?
 
OK, let's be honest, folks. If Obama or Hillary had gone to Cuba during the embargo and spent money there, would these people be making excuses for them? You and I all know they they would be calling for both their heads on a platter.

Such is the dishonest nature of politics.
 
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