Trump Mixes a Cuba Libre

Apr 17, 2026

Obama’s ‘thaw’ helped entrench the communists. This president seeks to freeze them out of power.

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James Kirchick is a writer at large for Air Mail and author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington and The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age. He has reported from over 40 countries and his writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic.

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