--- title: Donald Trump to Announce New Cuba Policy: Watch Online description: President Donald Trump will give his plans on a new Cuban policy in Miami Friday canonical: https://time.com/4821406/watch-online-donald-trump-cuba-live-stream/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-16T14:39:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:11.097Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Trump Is About to Rollback Obama's Cuba Policy og:description: Trump called for a full reversal of Obama's Cuba policy during the campaign og:url: https://time.com/4821406/watch-online-donald-trump-cuba-live-stream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c3a6d9d948bf0e6/6988d201e76ad284d262deee/gettyimages-696587980.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: donald-trump-cuba-policy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Trump Is About to Rollback Obama's Cuba Policy twitter:description: Trump called for a full reversal of Obama's Cuba policy during the campaign twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c3a6d9d948bf0e6/6988d201e76ad284d262deee/gettyimages-696587980.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Trump Is About to Rollback Obama's Cuba Policy > Sponsored content. 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US President Donald Trump and National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base for Miami, Florida on June 16, 2017. Photograph by Mandel Ngan—Getty/AFP by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jun 16, 2017 2:39 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4817893/donald-trump-jr-steve-scalise-shot-twitter/) will announce his plans on a new Cuba policy at a news conference in Miami on Friday. The President is expected to rollback some of the relations established by former President Barack Obama. Trump’s new policy is expected to reduce U.S. money going toward Cuba’s military and security forces, while continuing to allow American airlines and cruises to provide service to the island, [according to the Associated Press](http://time.com/4821150/donald-trump-cuba-policy/), to maintain diplomatic relations. Before taking office, Trump [called for a full reversal of Obama’s Cuba policy](http://time.com/4583419/donald-trump-cuba-fidel-castro/) in order to create a “better deal.” Trump will speak about his policy changes in the Cuban neighborhood of Little Havana in Cuba at 1 p.m. E.T. 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