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Trump threatens to take Cuba 'almost immediately' after tightening sanctions on the regime
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country would take Cuba “almost immediately,” in remarks made during a private event at the Forum Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, hours after signing an executive order substantially expanding economic sanctions a...
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