I disagree with the "rushed" sentiment.
This has been in the works for over 30 years (reports of Bush41 administration beginning talks) and overdue for 50
anything a POTUS does is a "political purpose"
That is the job description
The embargo had long outlived it's usefulness and was simply a cruel dinosaur
I forget the mans name that had been a Cuban prisoner for years that was released and at the center of the PR
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It is alarming how many here think history began in 2008