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# Watch Rubio Clash With Trump on Cuba at the GOP Debate

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## Daniel White


Mar 11, 2016 4:12 AM UTC

![Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Ted Cruz](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda0b83d3bbbad7cf/69888a955f570ff793b1ffd5/republican_debate_a.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, speaks as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, and Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, listen, during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla.

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, speaks as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, and Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, listen, during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. Wilfredo Lee—AP

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[Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/)


## Daniel White


Mar 11, 2016 4:12 AM UTC

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio clashed with Donald Trump on Cuba at the Republican debate Thursday.

Rubio—who is of Cuban heritage from Miami—found fault in Trump’s answer to a question about the country and proceeded to rattle off reasons closing an “embassy” there would be a faulty strategy.

The billionaire said that he would close the embassy until America made better deal in Cuba, which Rubio remarked would have little effect.

“On the issue of a good deal, I know what the good deal is,” Rubio said. “I’ll tell you what the good deal now, it’s already codified. Here’s the good deal: Cuba has free elections, Cuba stops putting people in jail for speaking out.”

Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba were reestablished in late 2014, ending more than 50 years of isolation for the island nation some 90 miles south of Florida. In March, President Obama will become the first President to visit the country in almost 90 years.

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