Trump celebrating 60 years of Cuban sanctions….with more sanctions

 President Trump announced new sanctions on Cuba stating, “Today, as part of our continuing fight against communist oppression, I am announcing that the Treasury Department will prohibit US travelers from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government and restricting the importation of Cuban alcohol and tobacco.”

I don’t fret about missing out on Cuban alcohol and tobacco, but I sure lament the inability of U.S. travelers, including me if I get back there, to stay at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Built in 1930, the Nacional is an historic Spanish eclectic style hotel in Havana, located on the sea front, offering commanding views of the sea and the city. Staying a night there was a highlight of our trip to Cuba couple years back.

I’m guessing Uncle Donald won’t spend much time ferreting out U.S. scofflaws of this ludicrous new U.S. sanction based on ‘communist oppression’. He’s probably clueless that the U.S. celebrates 60 years of cruel, murderous sanctions against the Cuban revolution in just three weeks. Trump surely doesn’t lose sleep about what goes on in Cuba. Tho pitifully poor, thanks in part, to U.S. sanctions, Cuba provides work, housing, health care and education to all its citizens, unlike that offered by cruel, heartless U.S. capitalism to tens of millions of its citizens.

Trump should visit Cuba himself and stay at the Nacional. He might even smell a deal and turn the fabled Grand Lady of Cuba into Trump Anti-Communist Tower.