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Pramila Jayapal: “Donald Trump designated Cuba again as a state sponsor of…”

Featuring: Pramila Jayapal, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, District 7

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We Went to Cuba | Rep. Jonathan Jackson | #20

Published | Video Starts at 01:59

There was a brief respite where President Obama worked to normalize relations between our two countries and it gave so much hope to the world. But in the last days of his first term, Donald Trump designated Cuba again as a state sponsor of terrorism. That's a designation that comes with massive sanctions and lots of financial strangulation. Cuba is one of only four countries with this designation, the others being Iran, Syria and North Korea. (01:59–02:05)

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