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Ovidio D´Angelo Hernández

Ovidio D´Angelo Hernández

Donald Trump displays the presidential memorandum about the policy toward Cuba at the end of his speech at Little Havana’s Manuel Artime Theater, in Miami. Photo: Cristobal Herrera / EFE.

Donald Trump and the possible Cuban futurology

In recent days, while participating in a public debate in Havana about the future of Cuba-U.S. relations, I affirmed that President Trump would act more as a businessman than as a politician in relation to our country. This was then based on an appraisal of his career and recent events. Coinciding to a point with presentations by some U.S. panelists and Cuban specialists present in the forum-debate, this idea was based on several facts: - The demonstrated affiliation to big business interests during his professional life, an event confirmed during his presidential campaign and first months as president. - The relative silence on relations with Cuba, only interrupted a few times to meet the expectations of political sectors of Miami’s Cuban historical exile. - His recent commercial-antiterrorist international move of making a multimillion sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, contrary to Israeli interests. - The suspension of 20 million dollars in financing for the Cuban opposition, included in his draft budget for 2018 in Congress. - The growing pressure from business sectors and governments of Union states, interested in trading with Cuba; in addition to other sectors, in favor of the normalization of relations with our country. However, any unexpected...