Here's How!!!
If you study the Jewish man depicted in this AP-Evan Agostini photo, you can begin to comprehend why Revolutionary Cuba might well survive the Trump presidency. Jason Greenblatt has been named Trump's "Special Representative for International Negotiations." As innocent as that designation looks, it is extremely good news for Cuba and for the millions of democracy-lovers who sincerely want former President Obama's sane Cuban politics to withstand the new configuration that finds a Republican in the White House to team with Republican control of both houses of Congress. The longstanding Republican alliance only with the most zealous counter-revolutionary Cuban-Americans finally was severely contested by the just-concluded two-term presidency of Barack Obama. President Trump's anti-Cuban rhetoric and his more-heralded appointments of counter-revolutionary zealots convinced most observers that Obama's sanity regarding Cuba would soon be overwhelmed by Trump's insanity. But one man -- Jason Greenblatt -- may have just enough sway with Trump to counter the whole passel of counter-revolutionary benefactors.
When President Trump gave a thumbs-up to Jason Greenblatt as his administration's chief international negotiator, it immediately tempered what many had considered the stranglehold the visceral Miami members of Congress and other ultra-influential counter-revolutionaries like Mauricio Claver-Carone had on Trump's Cuban policies. Yes, Jason Greenblatt is uniquely influential when it comes to final-decisions rendered by the businessman Trump and, perhaps, he will now be similarly influential with President Trump. And Mr. Greenblatt is a democracy-lover who would like to see the Obama-fueled efforts to normalize relations with Cuba continue during the administration of his boss, President Trump.
For the past two decades Jason Greenblatt has been Donald Trump's most trusted associate. That now is likely to continue in the White House. Mr. Greenblatt grew up in Queens, New York as the son of Hungarian Jewish refugees. He graduated from New York University's Law School in 1992. For two decades he has been the Executive Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer for Mr. Trump's vast business empire. Mr. Greenblatt is the father of six teenage children and the three oldest are 18-year-old triplets. The Greenblatt family has two key websites that stress close ties to Israel and...Cuba. One site stresses close ties between Cuban and American teens with words such as: "We are of Cuban heritage...our grandfather was born there...and we are seeking to form deeper connections with Cuban teens." Other comments by the Greenblatt family websites expressed euphoric support for President Obama's herculean efforts to normalize relations with Cuba, calling Obama's Cuban policies "a really fascinating time in history."
With the Trump White House now including Jason Greenblatt, it appears that the scary overload of counter-revolutionaries on the Trump transition team and in the Trump cabinet MIGHT NOT run roughshod over Obama's historic rapprochement with Cuba. Mr. Greenblatt and his aides have been to Cuba on business missions for Trump in 2012, 2013 and as recently as 2015. Cuba Ventures Corp., a Canadian company that is a true expert on Cuban issues, points out that Trump, encouraged by Greenblatt, has always been intrigued with "hotels, resorts and golf courses in Cuba when it is legal to do so." Greenblatt is reported to be "deeply embarrassed for America" over such things as the 191-to-0 repudiation in the United Nations of America's Cuban policy and presumably he will use his considerable influence in the Trump White House to try to "recoup and resuscitate" America's international image that has "suffered so terribly" from "the right-wing tilt" to its Cuban policy. The powerful counter-revolutionary segment of the American media that longs to impose its will on Cuba is upset over Greenblatt's White House position. For example, the Miami Herald blared this headline: "Trump Picks An Orthodox Jew to Lead Cuba Negotiations."
If this Orthodox Jew, Jason Greenblatt, can persuade President Trump to continue Obama's sane approach to Cuba, Trump might indeed "Make America Great Again," or at least make democracy-loving Americans like Mr. Greenblatt {and his six teenage children} less embarrassed about the worldwide condemnation of America's Cuba policy. From a business standpoint and an image prerogative, Mr. Greenblatt believes the U. S. should "not keep shooting itself in the foot for another half-century" to appease a small, ferocious and self-serving minority. So, it appears that the addition of Mr.Greenblatt to the Trump White House can represent a shining light brightening what looked like another dark tunnel.
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