Rubio grilled on ‘dumpster fire’ foreign policy as US threatens Cuba militarily
In his first public hearing since helping to start an illegal war against Iran, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Congress, where lawmakers were blunt about President Donald Trump's foreign policy.
Let's face it, Mr. Secretary, the Trump foreign policy has become a dumpster fire.
Chris Van Hollen, US Senator
Rubio, whose political rise was funded by the Cuban sugar magnates kicked out by the 1959 popular revolution, sidestepped questions about an attack on Cuba, which may happen just to distract from Washington's ongoing military humiliations by Iran.
A recent visitor to Cuba says the island's unity and determination in the face of US aggression remains, as always, underreported.
But one thing that's for certain is that the Cuban people are incredibly, incredibly resilient, and they are in the streets, they're fighting back against blockade, and they are getting creative and incredibly innovative with how it is that they resist the US empire's attacks, because for one thing, that is certain, is that they will not give up their socialism, right?
They will not give up their revolution, no matter how much the Yankees want.
Member of Public 01
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said this week that Washington's latest sanctions are "the most intense, disproportionate and dangerous escalation in the recent history of relations between Cuba and the United States".
The sanctions, set to come into effect via White House executive order on June 5, are an almost total disconnection of Cuba from international trade and financing circuits.
We see that the attacks on Cuba are very similar to the attacks on Iran. Iran, Cuba, one struggle, one fight, right, which is the struggle against US empire.
And so, what we have to be conscious of is to recognize that, yes, Iran is getting bombed, Iran is facing all of these physical attacks, but also warfare comes in different modes, right?
So, one of those modes is sanctions, one of those modes is this blockade against Cuba.
Member of Public 01
The Trump agenda has been attacking several nations, such as Iran, such as Venezuela, now threatening, you know, attacks on Cuba, attacks on China, and you know, we say when he comes for one of us, he comes for all of us.
So we are going to be in the streets, we will stand up for Cuba, and we will stand up for all the nations that the US is attacking or threatening to attack, because the people united will never be defeated.
Member of Public 02
The latest brutal sanctions have already caused the European and Canadian hotel companies to withdraw from Cuba's vital tourism industry.
It should not be forgotten that Washington's 64 year Cuban blockade has always been enforced internationally with America's allies and clients, and not just unilaterally.
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