The Catholic Church had been negotiating with Cuba to free hundreds of political prisoners, many of whom were jailed following unprecedented protests in July 2021.
I agree that overall it’s a bit weird but also isn’t it strange to do this as a cynical, calculated move after his party already lost the election? Like what’s the love here, in 4 years people will have forgotten
I don’t think it’s purely a cynical calculated move. Those people are still going to be free regardless, and if anything that State Dept+Catholic Church+Cuba worked out enabled this to make it any smoother, then great. Also, every little good thing is one more thing that Trump has to spend time and effort undoing. Me saying it was “performative” wasn’t intended to mean I thought it was purely cynical or not a good thing.
I agree that overall it’s a bit weird but also isn’t it strange to do this as a cynical, calculated move after his party already lost the election? Like what’s the love here, in 4 years people will have forgotten
I don’t think it’s purely a cynical calculated move. Those people are still going to be free regardless, and if anything that State Dept+Catholic Church+Cuba worked out enabled this to make it any smoother, then great. Also, every little good thing is one more thing that Trump has to spend time and effort undoing. Me saying it was “performative” wasn’t intended to mean I thought it was purely cynical or not a good thing.