cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/26552

Trump said his administration is “talking to the people from Cuba, the highest people in Cuba, to see what happens.”

But one senior White House official explained to Drop Site that “he’s saying that because that’s what Marco is telling him.”

If the public and the president himself believe that high-level negotiations are taking place, “in a few weeks or months, Rubio will be able to claim that the talks were futile because of Cuban intransigence,” Drop Site reported, asserting that Rubio is “deliberately” blocking Trump from the talks and misleading him.