RealClear World: Trump Just Cracked Down on Cuba. Venezuela Must Be Next

By Kyle Moran

In a complete rebuke of Biden-era appeasement, President Trump slammed the brakes on America’s thaw with Cuba, signing a presidential memorandum to isolate the island’s communist regime once again. The memo focuses on Cuba’s treatment of dissidents and restricting financial transactions that “disproportionately benefit the Cuban government — including its military, intelligence, or security agencies — at the expense of the Cuban people.” It also reimplements the tourism ban and restores much of the bipartisan sanctions that had held for decades until Obama lifted them.