Barack Obama and Donald Trump offer contrasting responses to the death of Fidel Castro

[rooster59]

Barack Obama and Donald Trump offer contrasting responses to the death of Fidel Castro

 

 

The death of Fidel Castro brought a wave of reactions from politicians in the United States, including President Barack Obama, who offered condolences to the Castro family and extended “a hand of friendship” to the Cuban people.

 

The 55-year-old, who will leave the White House in January, announced that history would judge Castro’s impact on Cuba and around the world and added that during his presidency, he had worked to leave the past behind.

 

Obama’s elected successor, Donald Trump took to Twitter initially to react in only four words before issuing a longer statement condemning the “brutal dictator”.

 

Trump, who had threatened late in his campaign to reverse President Barack Obama’s moves to open relations with Cuba over concerns about religious freedom, was immediately backed by Marco Rubio.

 

The Florida senator said that if the US President sent an American representative to Castro’s funeral, he would be honoring a legacy of anti-Americanism, murder, dictatorship, imprisonment and exile.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-11-27

[ezzra]

The world have long time ago judged Castro, the verdict was that the idea of running a country and the people  as a Marxist–Leninist  " socialist state " guided by the political ideas of Marx could work, in theory, the country and the people were dirt poor having to do with much less than their counterpart everywhere else, even staunched communists strongholds as Russia and Chaina.... 

[Muzarella]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

The world have long time ago judged Castro, the verdict was that the idea of running a country and the people  as a Marxist–Leninist  " socialist state " guided by the political ideas of Marx could work, in theory, the country and the people were dirt poor having to do with much less than their counterpart everywhere else, even staunched communists strongholds as Russia and Chaina.... 

 

Before Castro, with the support of the US, Cuba was in misery.

With Castro, without the US support and with  embargo and isolation, Cuba was in poverty with pride and dignity

For most Cuban...that was a very big difference that only spoiled people cannot see.   

Edited November 27, 2016 by Muzarella

[CMNightRider]

Well, I can certainly see why Trump and Obama offered contrasting responses to Fidel Castro passing away.  Obama and Castro shared similar political beliefs.  It wouldn't surprise me if Obama doesn't have a Che Guevara poster in his bedroom or at least a tee shirt with his name and image.

[elgordo38]

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Obama’s elected successor, Donald Trump took to Twitter initially to react in only four words before issuing a longer statement condemning the “brutal dictator”.

See one be one. Takes one to know one well actually Trump has his Twitter knickers in a knot. Another go with the flow comment. Some "brutality" lets say is for the greater good in Trump's case as time will tell will brutality for the greater good "of the Trump" brand only. Heat up the branding iron hoss there is one coming down the chute. 

[Basil B]

Trump does not understand diplomacy...

 

He can say some very nasty things about people but will threaten to sue anyone who says bad of him ...until he realises what they said was true. 

[Graemej100]

5 hours ago, CMNightRider said:

Well, I can certainly see why Trump and Obama offered contrasting responses to Fidel Castro passing away.  Obama and Castro shared similar political beliefs.  It wouldn't surprise me if Obama doesn't have a Che Guevara poster in his bedroom or at least a tee shirt with his name and image.

 

Most people have.

[Graemej100]

Just now, Graemej100 said:

Most people have.

I should say, most thinking people.

[Morch]

2 minutes ago, Graemej100 said:

Most people have.

 

1 minute ago, Graemej100 said:

I should say, most thinking people.

 

Makes quite a popular T-shirt among Thais. Many of them don't seem to have clue as to who he was. Sort of like yourself.

[Jingthing]

Sure there's a contrast. Obama is a civilized, diplomatic leader. trump is a wild man with conflicting agendas on Cuba, keeping the right wing promises he made to the right wing segment of Florida Cuban-Americans but ALSO it's well documented he wants to build casinos and hotels there. This mixing of the presidency with this corrupt business empire building CLOWN is already getting quite nauseating. 

[craigt3365]

18 hours ago, Muzarella said:

 

Before Castro, with the support of the US, Cuba was in misery.

With Castro, without the US support and with  embargo and isolation, Cuba was in poverty with pride and dignity

For most Cuban...that was a very big difference that only spoiled people cannot see.   

Before Castro:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#Revolution_and_Communist_party_rule_.281959.E2.80.93present.29

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After running unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1952, Batista staged a coup.^[84] He outlawed the Cuban Communist Party in 1952.^[85] After the coup, Cuba had Latin America's highest per capita consumption rates of meat, vegetables, cereals, automobiles, telephones and radios, though about one third of the population was considered poor and enjoyed relatively little of this consumption.^[86]

 

In 1958, Cuba was a relatively well-advanced country by Latin American standards, and in some cases by world standards.

 

 

Things went pear shaped after this, but blaming the US for their problems isn't true.  It was due to poor leadership.

 

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The United States government initially reacted favorably to the Cuban revolution, seeing it as part of a movement to bring democracy to Latin America.^[101] Castro's legalization of the Communist party and the hundreds of executions that followed caused a deterioration in the relationship between the two countries.^[101] The promulgation of the Agrarian Reform Law, expropriating thousands of acres of farmland (including from large U.S. landholders), further worsened relations.^[101][102] In response, between 1960 and 1964 the U.S imposed a range of sanctions, eventually including a total ban on trade between the countries and a freeze on all Cuban-owned assets in the U.S.^[103] In February 1960, Castro signed a commercial agreement with Soviet Vice-Premier Anastas Mikoyan.^[101]

 

Again, poor leadership.  As for Cubans, most only care about where their next meal is coming from.

[Scott]

Off-topic post and reply removed.  

 

[brewsterbudgen]

Obama is going to be much missed by most of the world (the exceptions being Russia and North Korea).