Monday, September 30, 2024
Mexico picks a fight with Spain
Mexico picks a fight with Spain - American Thinker https://t.co/ZozobIDIr7
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 30, 2024
Down in Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum will assume the presidency on Oct. 1.
She will replace President Andrés Manuel López-Obrador who was her mentor, as they tell me south of the border.
Prime Minister Sánchez — who is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) — has described Sheinbaum’s government as “progressive,” and lamented her snub of the Spanish monarch.“We cannot accept this exclusion,” he said in a press conference on Wednesday in New York, where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly. Sánchez said that not sending a diplomatic delegation to Sheinbaum’s inauguration is “a sign of protest against an exclusion that we consider unacceptable and inexplicable, given the level of relations between Spain and Mexico, two ‘brother’ countries.”
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Kamala Harris: Woman on the run
Kamala Harris: Woman on the run - American Thinker https://t.co/WESyBmbaVk
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 29, 2024
On the old movie channel, you can catch Woman on the Run, or the confusing story of a woman running for information. It’s hard to follow, but I love those black and white movies, where women were always so elegant. They even wore dresses and high heels to catch a baseball game.
On Friday, V.P. Harris was another woman on the run. The difference is that V.P. Harris knew exactly what she was running from, or the truth about a border that I’ve got to admit isn’t getting better all the time to paraphrase the old Beatles tune.
Friday’s visit coincided with the release of some numbers about people who crossed and were released among us. It’s a horror story, to say the least. Let’s go farther with Emily Jashinky:
As if to illustrate the point, the VP got doused with a metaphorical bucket of cold water on Friday afternoon just hours before she planned to deliver remarks from the border town of Douglas, Arizona. Republican Rep. Tony Gonzalez posted a letter he received this week from Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealing nearly half a million noncitizen convicted criminals are in the country, some of them outside of detention.
“As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket, which includes those detained by ICE, and on the agency’s non-detained docket,” an agency official wrote. “Of those, 435,719 are convicted criminals, and 226,847 have pending criminal charges.”
Fox News broke down the data by category, noting: “Those include 62,231 convicted of assault, 14,301 convicted of burglary, 56,533 with drug convictions and 13,099 convicted of homicide. An additional 2,521 have kidnapping convictions and 15,811 have sexual assault convictions. There are an additional 1,845 with pending homicide charges, 42,915 with assault charges, 3,266 with burglary charges and 4,250 with assault charges.”
That’s a lot of people with criminal records, to state the obvious. Of course, there are two problems here.
First, we are seeing Exhibit A of what happens when immigration laws are not enforced. Once upon a time, we vetted people who wanted to come to the U.S. My family was vetted before we came here. It seemed totally normal until someone in the Biden administration decided that coming to the U.S. was an international “right.” Yes, a right, if you know what I mean!
Second, V.P. Harris does not take questions from a friendly press. I’m sure she would have gotten some questions about the aforementioned numbers. Unfortunately, she waved goodbye to the reporters and moved on. So we will never know how the V.P. feels about letting all of these criminals into the U.S.
So the woman is once again on the run, and the voters are left without information.
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
Well, let’s talk about men
Well, let’s talk about men - American Thinker https://t.co/eD4sp6ntid
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 28, 2024
click to read:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/well_let_s_talk_about_men.html
The other gender gap, or the one that no one likes to talk about, is that Trump is leading with men. In fact, he is leading by a lot. So it makes sense for Trump and the GOP to get as much of the male vote out as possible.
This is what we read from Brett Samuels:
Former President Trump is banking on his appeal to male voters to offset his struggles with female voters, with the gender gap in support between him and Vice President Harris set to play a key role in November’s election.
Trump has attended multiple Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events, joined professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau for his YouTube show, appeared with controversial internet streamer Adin Ross and sat down with podcasters such as Theo Von and influencer and wrestler Logan Paul.
Those appearances are part of a broader effort by the former president’s campaign to connect with young men, a group viewed by both campaigns as among the more persuadable ones in the election.
‘Democrats have been losing ground with male voters cycle after cycle because Kamala Harris’ agenda to raise costs, hike taxes, open the southern border, and weaken America in the eyes of the world has made all Americans worse off,’ senior Trump campaign adviser Brian Hughes said in a statement. ‘Male voters know that if you want more money in your pockets, safer communities, and peace through strength, President Trump is the only choice on November 5.’
The differences between male and female voters are fascinating. A recent poll said that young women think that abortion is the #1 issue. On the other hand, the young men are more interested in the economy and national security.
The growing gap may have an impact, if it isn’t already, on dating, marriage, and social cohesion overall. Where is this going? I don’t know, so I just hope that more men vote than women.
Get those men out to vote!
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Friday, September 27, 2024
Kamala can't hit a curve ball
Kamala can't hit a curve ball - American Thinker https://t.co/sDxa2UYmjy
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 27, 2024
As a baseball fan, I’ve read a few player profiles, or scouts’ reports about a player’s skills to make it to the majors. The objective is to find a five-tool player or Willie Mays. Most of the time the reports rate the players on hitting, running, and fielding. Many times, the scouting report tells you that someone has talent but can’t hit the curve ball. It’s hard to get to the majors if you can’t hit AA pitching unless you are a good defensive catcher who can work with pitchers.
Enter prospect Kamala Harris. She can’t hit the curve ball period, no matter how many times they throw questions at her. She is in a different league and it ain’t the majors.
The Stephanie Ruhle interview was embarrassing. Let’s check it out:
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday refused to explain how she intends to pay for her pricey economic plan if Republicans in Congress block her proposed presidential agenda, one of several questions she dodged during her first one-on-one interview with a major news network since becoming the Democratic nominee.
“If you can’t raise corporate taxes, or if the GOP takes control of the Senate, where do you get the money to do that? Do you still go for those plans and borrow?” MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle asked Harris about her handout-heavy agenda.
“Well, but we’re going to have to raise corporate taxes,” the Democratic nominee responded, without explaining how she intends to do that without congressional support.
“We’re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share,” Harris continued. “That’s just it. It’s about paying their fair share.”
Well, it’s always about the rich not paying their share. I guess we’d be better off if only the rich paid up rather than buy government bonds. It’s amazing, isn’t it?
Of course, the real problem is that she can’t answer questions even when the reporters are desperately trying to help her win. The three journalists at the African American Journalism meeting tried but couldn’t. Oprah tried but couldn’t. Stephanie of MSNBC even got her to talk about making fries but her interview was a bust too.
Later Stephanie complained to her pal Nicole that she just won’t answer the question. No she didn’t, because she can’t. This is probably the most unqualified candidate to run for president in our lifetime. We know it and I think that a lot of Democrats are getting it now.
When does Joe get back on the ticket and do it for the country? What he did in July. only the reverse. Crazy thought? Probably, but it’s been a crazy year, hasn’t it?
In the meantime, the scouts have made it official: Nice swing but can’t hit the curve ball.
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1981: Nolan Ryan no-hitter # 5
Happy # 75 Mike Schmidt
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We say happy birthday to Mike Schmidt, one of the greatest right handed power hitters in major league history. He was born in Ohio on this day in 1949.
Mike broke with the Phillies in 1972. He led the NL in HR in 1974, 1975 and 1976 plus NL MVP in 1980, 1981 and 1986. Overall, he retired with 548 HR & 1,595 RBI. Great player. He also played for some very good Phillies teams.
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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Regrets… Mark's had a few
Regrets… Mark's had a few - American Thinker https://t.co/FRUPMmfHVd
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 26, 2024
As we understand, Facebook Mark is done with politics. I guess that Zuckerberg wants to move on and leave politics behind. According to news stories, he has a few regrets:
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted Monday that the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor COVID-19 content and acknowledged it was wrong to stifle The Post’s coverage of Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop.
In an explosive letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Zuckerberg wrote that “senior Biden administration officials, including the White House, repeatedly pressured” Meta to “censor” content related to the coronavirus pandemic in 2021
The content the Biden administration requested that Meta take down included “humor and satire,” according to the Facebook founder, and he said he regrets complying with certain demands.
Okay, Mark. We forgive you, but hope that you understand what you did. Facebook's COVID policy destroyed reputations and may have cost people a few jobs. It certainly got some of my friends suspended in Facebook. The "laptop" denied voters the truth during a presidential debate. It allowed 50-something charlatans to sign a letter calling the laptop Russian disinformation.
What is going on? Maybe Mark is being honest and regretting what he did. As a Christian, I believe in forgiveness and will accept his regrets. At the same time, maybe Mark is looking ahead to a Trump presidency in 2025 and choosing to be on the right side of history, as they like to say.
Best of all, now we know that COVID and the laptop stories ended up impacting a presidential election. And Mark was in the middle of it all. I hope that Mark understands that some of us are pretty angry about that.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Who knew that too many people would create a problem?
Who knew that too many people would create a problem? - American Thinker https://t.co/WidJqNLX9D
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 25, 2024
Once upon a time, immigrants came into the U.S. in an orderly fashion. I think that they call that "immigration," a policy enforced by every country to control the chaos and disorder that happens with open borders.
Well, enter the Biden-Harris approach and now we have chaos. Who knew that chaos would happen? The chaos extends to homelessness. Let's check this out from the New York Post:
Open-borders fanatics claim their policies come from a place of deep empathy, but a cursory look at US homeless data proves they’re lying. January saw at least 550,000 people reported homeless -- up 10% over the January 2023 figure, then the highest ever reported.
It’s no coincidence that same month saw the highest-ever number of illegal immigrants jumping the southern US border.
Indeed, Massachusetts data show that nearly half of the families in the state’s family shelter system are migrants.
Despite what the border-erasers scream, it’s commonsensical that the entry of huge numbers of people with no jobs or homes (or easy ways of getting either) would swell the ranks of the homeless. Or that the new arrivals (most of them totally dependent on government benefits) would immediately become enormous drains on the social-services capacities of the towns and cities where they land.
To see the magnitude of the crisis, look at the projected cost of the migrant tsunami to New York City: expected to be north of $12 billion through next year.
Imagine what the picture looks like in the tiny towns like Eagle Pass and smaller cities like El Paso near ground zero of the crisis.
Imagine El Paso or Eagle Pass? Why do you think that Governor Greg Abbott started bussing? The reason was twofold. First, sending them to sanctuary cities. Second, he was relieving pressure in the border cities.
Who saw these problems coming? You bring millions into your country without a plan and you get an unplanned outcome? Who knew that? Well, we know now.
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We remember Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)
We remember Phil Rizzuto, who was born in Brooklyn on this day in 1917. Phil was born in the New York area and got to play shortstop with great Yankee teams.
His teammates included Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra, played for the legendary Casey Stengel and got to watch young Mickey Mantle break into baseball. Like many others of his generation, Rizutto served in the military during WW2.
Last, but not least, Rizzuto played with the 1949-53 Yankees or the team that won the Series 5 years in a row.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
All in the name of beating Trump
All in the name of beating Trump - American Thinker https://t.co/MmokIJVPBA
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 24, 2024
Over the weekend, we heard from pundits Peggy Noonan and Todd Purdum that Vice President Kamala Harris is an “artful dodger” and “vague.”
Peggy said she couldn’t and Todd argued she wouldn’t.
Whatever it is, she is not talking, and she’s hoping to run out the clock.
Also, MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle came clean and told us that defeating Trump was the objective.
Let’s hear what she told Bill Maher:
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have suggested the opposite, arguing that Harris didn’t need to be specific about her policies.
Clinton argued that she had more policy than anyone when she ran against Trump in 2016.
“I gave speeches about it. It was on our website. I wrote a book with Tim Kaine about it. We had lots of policy. At the end of the day, that’s not what caused people to vote for me or against me, and I think the Harris campaign knows that. They know that you’ve got to, you know, cross a threshold which they have more than done in terms of what kind of governance you’re promising,” Clinton said during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Ruhle suggested Harris didn’t need to be specific because she was running against Trump.
“Kamala Harris is not running for perfect. She’s running against Trump. We have two choices. And so there are some things you might not know her answer to. And in 2024, unlike 2016 for a lot of the American people, we know exactly what Trump will do, who he is and the kind of threat he is to democracy,” Ruhle insisted during an appearance on Bill Maher’s show.
Let me translate:
Some on the other side are saying that anything is legal in the name of beating Trump. I guess that Trump is such a threat to mankind that electing a woman who can’t or won’t answer questions is worth the price. I disagree, but Trump Derangement Syndrome is the ultimate virus of the 20th century.
In the meantime, the campaign goes on and we hope that serious voters look through this façade of avoiding questions and cast a ballot for the guy who is not afraid of answering questions.
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Monday, September 23, 2024
The problem in Springfield is a lack of common sense
The problem in Springfield is a lack of common sense - American Thinker https://t.co/TnF6DA7cvp
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 23, 2024
The Springfield, Ohio, story is just the latest example of opening the border and its consequences. How do you expect a city of 40,000 to absorb 20,000 new residents? You can't, and the local reaction is exactly logical. Again, put yourself in their shoes and how would you react?
Senator Marco Rubio was on Face the Nationand explained this whole thing very well. Let's check out what he said:
I think one of the problems here is that somehow Americans who are not intolerant, they're not bigots, they're not --- but they are troubled by the fact that their city is being flooded. In Springfield, you see reports, these are legitimate reports of huge increases in traffic accidents leading to slower police response time, overcrowded schools. I mean the strain this puts on a community, and if you complain about it, somehow you're a bigot, you're a racist, you're a hater --
That is a story here that everyday Americans are being made to feel like they're haters because they're complaining about something al -- any of us would complain. If any of us, I don't care who we are, live in a city of 4,000 people, and you bring in 2,500 migrants overnight into one place, there are going to be problems there.
And that's right. As a legal immigrant and naturalized citizen, I understand how these people feel. Legal immigration is orderly for a reason. You must control how people come into the country, under what conditions and put them through common sense vetting.
So calling those folks in Springfield haters and bigots is totally unfair. Yet, it's what the other side does to avoid a real conversation about a problem created by them.
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Sunday, September 22, 2024
Frankly, my dear...
Frankly, my dear... - American Thinker https://t.co/rUx9uXyQw4
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 22, 2024
Well, the first lady chaired the first Cabinet in a long time. I saw President Biden going through the motions, and it reminded me of that great line from Gone with the Wind.
Yes, I think Jill looked at Joe and said something like, “Joe, how is that going to look? Your wife chairing your first Cabinet meeting in a long time?” And you can see Joe look at Jill and say, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
Forgive me for being so cynical on a Sunday morning. However, I don’t think he gives a damn. He never really checked in 2021, read a few things put in front of him, avoided friendly press, and finally checked out when he was told to retire. Would you give a damn if you got 14 million votes and were passed over for someone who didn’t get any?
According to news reports, the first lady ran the Cabinet meeting and did most of the talking. She even had a Rose Garden celebration without him to talk about women’s health issues. “FLOTUS without POTUS,” or something like that, is the name of that movie if someone gets around it.
To be fair, maybe some previous first lady has spoken at a Cabinet meeting. I can’t remember anything quite like that before.
In President Biden’s case, it fits the profile of a man who is running out the clock, and actually running much of the clock enjoying the waters of the Delaware coast.
He doesn’t give a damn, and let’s just hope Jill knows how to use the nuclear football just in case she has to order that decision.
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Saturday, September 21, 2024
Bullets rather than hugs south of the border
Bullets rather than hugs south of the border - American Thinker https://t.co/Ayt3EkdI3Y
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 21, 2024
Mexican President Andrés Lopez-Obrador will leave the presidency on October 1st. He will be replaced by Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the job and someone who may regret that she got the job in the first place.
Down south, violence is exploding. To be fair, AMLO's policy of "hugs rather than bullets" was a nice talking point, but the people with bullets did not get the memo. Let's check out what Allan Wall is writing about the war underway in Sinaloa:
Elements of the military and National Guard, comprising 2,200 troops, have been sent to Sinaloa. Two of the dead were military personnel. President AMLO said their mission is to protect the population and stop clashes between the factions. As they say, “good luck with that”.
The regional army commander on the other hand said the situation won’t calm down unless the cartel factions stop fighting each other.
So why not send in many more troops with a mission to end the fighting? Well, according to President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum, “In the moment of confrontation, to enter with firepower would start a war…”
Excuse me, but isn’t there a war in Sinaloa already?
Correct. There is a war going on and people are getting shot. The conflict is between two cartels that are fighting over territory.
What makes this conflict different from others? Well, I hear more and more from Mexican friends that AMLO's policy of denying the crisis will soon explode into a big "problema."
What do they mean? The war will expand to neighboring states and border cities and that means the U.S.-Mexico border cities. They fear that there is so much money in the "trade" that violence is inevitable.
Let's hope for the best. As a Mexican friend told me, two of their last ex-presidents do not live in Mexico because they fear reprisals. Wonder when AMLO moves to Cuba to get away from the mess he is leaving behind?
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Happy # 82 to Sam McDowell
We say happy birthday to Sam McDowell, who threw as hard anyone ever did. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, on this day in 1942.
Friday, September 20, 2024
You are not my type, Kam
You are not my type, Kam - American Thinker https://t.co/FTDpHPwA71
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 20, 2024
For years I've wondered about union leadership and union members. Are they on the same page? My own conversations with the membership led me to think that these guys were conservative and very patriotic. They certainly don’t get open borders or chaotic immigration.
Well, enter 2024 and another election is here. And the Teamsters step up by not endorsing a candidate but letting their members do the talking. Here is the story:
The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday elected not to endorse any candidate for U.S. President.
After reviewing six months of nationwide member polling and wrapping up nearly a year of rank-and-file roundtable interviews with all major candidates for the presidency, the union was left with few commitments on top Teamsters issues from either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris -- and found no definitive support among members for either party’s nominee.
In data publicly released earlier in the day, President Joe Biden won the support of Teamsters voting in straw polls at local unions between April-July prior to his exit from the race. But in independent electronic and phone polling from July-September, a majority of voting members twice selected Trump for a possible Teamsters endorsement over Harris.
Talk about another surprise in 2024.
The real story here is that the modern Democrat party has nothing in common with the guys who are teamsters, as Jeremiah Poff wrote:
For Harris and the Democrats, the nonendorsement is a huge blow. But even more so is the fact that Teamsters members were willing to back Biden but not her, a sign that her candidacy may accelerate the class realignment within the Democratic Party, complicating her path to victory and more visibly turning the party away from its historic working-class roots and into the party of corporations and the wealthy.
The party of electric car mandates and an obsession with LGBT issues is not connecting with regular guys who get up every day to work and raise their families. Wonder how many guys in the Teamsters think that a Joe identifying as Jane should play on his daughter’s swimming team? Not any!
In other words, they have nothing in common with a California liberal who wants to defund police, stop fracking and support open borders.
Biden could get away with the Scranton Joe bit but San Francisco Kamala can't. She is not their type.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
Orange man fact checks David
Orange man fact checks David - American Thinker https://t.co/05t2IG6Ja9
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 19, 2024
As you may remember. David Muir of "The Ambush," a new ABC TV series about presidential debates, confronted Pres. Trump over crime statistics. It was one of the "fact checks" during the hour.
A few days later, it's Muir who is getting fact checked. Let's see:
Muir interrupted Trump, something he never did to Vice President Kamala Harris, retorting, “President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”
To which Trump responded, “The FBI -- they were defrauding statements. They didn’t include the worst cities. They didn’t include the cities with the worst crime. It was a fraud. Just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud.”
Muir is right that FBI data show violent crime is down. However, Trump is also right that there are major problems with the FBI’s data. The comparison with problematic jobs data from the Department of Labor is a good one. The agency was forced to lower the number of jobs created during the Biden administration by almost a million, which showed that its previous figures were consistently misleading.
Trump said he would target migrants who committed crimes, noting that “crime here is up and through the roof.”
So the fact checker got fact checked! I like that.
Common sense confirms that crime is up. I don't need a manicured report. All I need to do is talk to someone who lives in Washington, D.C. or Chicago. Or watch the local newscast and see for yourself. The killings have not stopped. It's the reporting that is misrepresenting the crime numbers.
So a double win in this post. Down goes the dishonest fact checker. Up goes the truth, a reality that anybody living in the world can confirm without reading any statistics.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Governor Abbott looking to derail "el tren"
Governor Abbott looking to derail "el tren" - American Thinker https://t.co/ViOpGyCcRx
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 18, 2024
They call it "El tren de Aragua" or literally the train of Aragua, a region of Venezuela. And they've turned into a multinational crime organization. You may have heard about them in the stories of apartments in Aurora or New York City. There are also allegations of killing people and fentanyl distribution. In other words, they’ve gotten around.
Enter Texas. On Monday, Governor Greg Abbott made an announcement in Texas:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced the state is going to target a Venezuelan gang that he said was notorious for brutal violence and murder and posed a threat to Texans’ safety.
Well done, Governor. Good to see that someone is taking the matter of crime seriously in the country.
I'm curious if the Biden DoJ will challenge Texas' authority to jump into international crime. My guess is that Texas would win in the Supreme Court, but who knows when that happens.
The larger point is that this organization has literally walked into the country thanks to open border. "Tren" has also benefitted from operating in Democrat jurisdictions where they have not met anything like what Governor Abbott will unleash in Texas.
Last, but not least, we are watching Governor Abbott lead, a rare talent these days in the political class.
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1960: A visitor to the UN became an issue in the presidential election
A post from 2016......
“In September 1960, Castro led a delegation to New York City to address the United Nations General Assembly. He and his entourage caused an immediate sensation by deciding to stay at the Theresa Hotel in Harlem. While there, Castro met with a number of African-American leaders, including Malcolm X from the Nation of Islam and the poet Langston Hughes.On September 26, Castro delivered a blistering attack on what he termed American “aggression” and “imperialism.”For over four hours, Castro lambasted U.S. policy toward Cuba and other nations in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The United States, he declared, had “decreed the destruction” of his revolutionary government.Castro’s visit and lengthy public denunciation marked the final breaking point in relations between the U.S. and Cuba.In January 1961, the Eisenhower administration severed all diplomatic relations with Cuba.”