By The FirstAnd no one is buying it.
A correspondent for CBS This Morning had an interesting, although not all-together unexpected, take on the cause of Cuba’s economic hardships: Trump.
This is pretty wild.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) July 12, 2021
CBS producer says Trump admin policies “cut off all income from Cuba.”
The Biden statement (that came 24 hours late) correctly blamed Cuba’s totalitarian leadership for “enriching themselves” instead of struggling people. https://t.co/v5IFWlx1qu
The Twitterverse was quick to step in:
Ummmm their economy has been crap way before Trump. Pre Reagan years
— Jason Marion (@jasonmarion) July 12, 2021
Can anyone name a single thing that the media *won’t* blame on Trump? https://t.co/vbIyVLp0La
— Lone Conservative (@LoConservative) July 12, 2021
Well as predicted that didn’t take long…🙄
— URSTRULY 🇺🇸 (@Lpac2017) July 12, 2021
Wow. You'd think a country with as awesome a government as communist Cuba has could withstand four years of economic sanctions from a single other country.
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) July 12, 2021
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