President Trump took aim at the socialist regimes in Venezuela and Cuba when asked if he was going to do more to combat it in Central American countries during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
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“Mr. President, yesterday at the speech at the U.N., you spoke about how Venezuela’s problem was because of Cuba and the Castros, how they went in there and brought socialism and communism to Venezuela, and now to Nicaragua as well. Mr. President, are you going to be more proactive now against Cuba as well?” a reporter asked.
The question was in relation to his speech at the United Nations on Tuesday, during which he attacked socialism for what it does to the people under its control. (RELATED: Trump Tells The UN: Socialism, Communism Only Produce ‘Suffering, Corruption, Decay’)
“I’ve been very proactive against Cuba. I don’t like with happening in Cuba. As you know, President Obama gave them a pass, and I didn’t like it. Neither do Cuban people. Based in Miami and based in our country that came from Cuba and suffered in Cuba,” Trump said. “I don’t like what he did. I have ended much of it, most of it. I don’t like what’s happening in Cuba, and I certainly don’t like what’s happening in Venezuela. Yes … Go ahead.”
The president responded to a follow-up question in which the reporter argued socialism was working well in some parts of the world, saying, “I wouldn’t say socialism has been working really well around the world. You can take a look at Venezuela as your number one, your number one, I guess the one that’s most obvious. You take a look around the world. Socialism is not exactly riding high.”
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