There's a new sheriff in town.
After Barack Obama issued a wishy washy statement on Castro's passing
After Barack Obama issued a wishy washy statement on Castro's passing
that would make ardent anti-Communists like John F Kennedy and Ronald
Reagan roll in their graves, Donald Trump issued a statement of his own:
Donald Trump condemned the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro on an
otherwise quiet Saturday for the president-elect.
"The world marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own
people for nearly six decades," Trump said in a statement issued hours
after Castro's death. "Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft,
unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights."
Trump, who has pledged to roll back the Obama administration's diplomatic
opening to Cuba, said the nation remains "a totalitarian island," but he hopes
that Castro's passing will mark "a move away from the horrors endured for too
long, and toward a future in which the wonderful Cuban people finally live in
the freedom they so richly deserve."
Mike Pence, seemingly not eager to be outdone, chimed in as well:
Read more at http://americanactionnews.com/articles/trump-responds-to-castro-s-death#Tku2yqYsIG5apE6S.99
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