In First Hours, President Trump Reverses President Biden's 14 January 2025 Cuba Decisions.
/“Anyone foolish enough to believe President Trump would not reverse the decisions of President Biden believes that Captain Louis Renault in the movie ‘Casablanca’ did not know that gambling was happening at Rick's Cafe.”
The White House
Washington DC
20 January 2025
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government. The injection of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) into our institutions has corrupted them by replacing hard work, merit, and equality with a divisive and dangerous preferential hierarchy. Orders to open the borders have endangered the American people and dissolved Federal, State, and local resources that should be used to benefit the American people. Climate extremism has exploded inflation and overburdened businesses with regulation.
To commence the policies that will make our Nation united, fair, safe, and prosperous again, it is the policy of the United States to restore common sense to the Federal Government and unleash the potential of the American citizen. The revocations within this order will be the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will take to repair our institutions and our economy.
Sec. 2. Revocation of Orders and Actions. The following executive actions are hereby revoked:
The Presidential Memorandum of January 14, 2025 (Certification of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism).
The Presidential Memorandum of January 14, 2025 (Revocation of National Security Presidential Memorandum 5).
From Politico: “Notably, the Trump administration did not reverse the Biden administration’s decision to suspend Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, a provision that was designed to allow Cuban exiles to file suit against Havana for property and assets seized during the Cuban Revolution but has since been mainly used by multinational corporations.”
“Suspension becomes effective fourteen days after notification to the United States Congress. The Biden-Harris Administration provided the notification on 14 January 2025 so the effective date would be 29 January 2025 (do not count the day of notification). The Trump-Vance Administration may rescind the suspension immediately upon notification to the United States Congress.”
Links To Related Analyses
Certification of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Jan 14, 2025
Biden-Harris Administration Suspends Cuba Lawsuits Using Title III Of Libertad Act Of 1996. Impact Limited. Jan 14, 2025
