In
an earlier interview, Trump’s campaign manager said he had spent money in Cuba.
In
an earlier interview, Trump’s campaign manager said he had spent money in Cuba.
Donald
Trump’s campaign manager on Thursday denied that the Republican nominee’s
company had invested in Cuba during the U.S. embargo against the country, while
Hillary Clinton and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio both voiced concerns about the
allegations, which were raised in aNewsweek story published Thursday.
Newsweek, citing documents and anonymous sources,
reported that Trump’s company spent $68,000 in Cuba with his knowledge in 1998,
making the payment indirectly through a consulting firm that linked the travel to
charity. At the time, an embargo prohibited Americans and American companies
from spending money in Cuba.
“I think
they paid money, as I understand from the story, they paid money in 1998. And
we’re not supposed to talk about years ago when it comes to the Clintons, but
with Trump, there is no statute of limitations?” Trump campaign manager
Kellyanne Conway said Thursday in an interview on The View,
while still insisting that Trump made no investments.
“So the question is: Did he spend money? He’s very critical of Cuba, he’s very
critical of Castro, and he’s been critical—he gave a speech the very next year
to the Cuban American National Foundation in Miami critical of those who want
to do business with Castro,” Conway said. “And he’s talked about the Cuban
embargo even on this trail, but again, we’re talking about did his hotel invest
money in 1998 in Cuba: No.”
In a tweet
“The
article makes some very serious and troubling allegations,” Rubio, a
Cuban-American, said in a statement,according
to the Miami Herald. “I will
reserve judgment until we know all the facts and Donald has been given the
opportunity to respond.”
The
accusations could prove problematic for Trump in the swing state of Florida,
where there is a large Cuban-American population.
“Trump’s business with Cuba
appears to have broken the law, flouted U.S. foreign policy, and is in complete
contradiction to Trump’s own repeated, public statements that he had been offered
opportunities to invest in Cuba but passed them up,” Jake Sullivan, a senior
adviser for Clinton, said in a statement Thursday. “This latest report shows
once again that Trump will always put his own business interest ahead of the
national interest – and has no trouble lying about it.”
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