Trump Administration Halts Talks, then Gaslights Cuba

The Trump administration is stopping migration talks with Cuba, a senior State Department official reportedly told the media outlet Café Fuerte.

“The Trump administration is promoting a foreign policy that prioritizes the United States (America First). The United States will no longer engage with the Cuban regime merely for the sake of establishing a commitment and maintaining an endless dialogue,” the official was quoted as saying.

Despite the mention of “endless dialogue,” there is no indication the Trump administration has even attempted to talk with Cuba.

The last immigration talks took place in December 2024, a month before Trump took office.

Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Fernández de Cossío told Reuters in March that the Trump administration had not broached the subject of migration or deportations.

During his first term, Trump also suspended talks with Cuba on migration, along with almost all other bilateral communication.

In 2022, Biden restarted the migration talks, which for decades had regularly been held twice a year until Trump halted them.