In his historic visit to Cuba, US President Barack Obama appeared on the Caribbean state’s national television to speak of “hope and change,” just like he had in his 2008 presidential campaign but New York journalist and radio host Don DeBar tells Press TV that the president has failed to bring about either in his own country, which manifests itself in the “implosion” of both the Democratic and Republican parties in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
Obama, who has normalized ties with Cuba after decades of adversary, “invoked… themes of hope and change” during his address to the Cuban nation on March 22, while “we find ourselves after two terms of his presidency with neither really on hand.” DeBar said, commenting on Fidel Castro’s criticism of “the empire” after the visit.
“There’s a great shortage of both in the United States with people more disaffected and more distrustful of the political and economic…