In an interview, Rhodes said he took solace that Trump, who put new limits on commercial transactions and us citizens' travel to the island nation, had not ended diplomatic relations.
Trump also directed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to convene a task force on expanding Internet access on the island and reiterated the United States' opposition to efforts in the United Nations to lift the Cuban embargo until more is done to honor human rights.
Under Trump's new policy, Americans will no longer be able to travel to Cuba individually unless they fall into one of 12 previously established categories that will continue to include people-to-people but only if they are part of a group with a set schedule.
He said in a speech in Miami that he was canceling the "terrible and misguided deal" with Havana.
The new policy will ban most USA business transactions with the Armed Forces Business Enterprises Group (GAESA), a sprawling conglomerate involved in all sectors of the Cuban economy.
President Trump says his new policy will tighten rules on travel and on sending funds to Cuba.
Under the revised travel policy, USA officials say there will be tighter enforcement to make sure Americans legally fit the 12 authorized categories they claim to be traveling under, which could spook many visitors, wary of receiving a hefty fine. Despite praise of Obama's deal, which loosened travel restrictions to the island, Trump surmised the deal was too generous to the Raúl Castro regime.
Trump's revised approach could see a stricter enforcement of a longtime ban on Americans travelling to Cuba as tourists, reported Al-Jazeera.
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The United States will oppose actions and resolutions at the United Nations and other global forums to support Cuba and call for an end to the embargo. They should impose more sanctions against Cuba. There will still be certain exceptions under which Americans can travel to Cuba and family travel will continue to be authorized.
"We will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer..." This will lessen American's company expansion in Cuba.
In December 2014, Obama announced a historic deal to gradually rebuild the economic and diplomatic relationships between the two countries.
British travellers hoping to combine the United States and Cuba on the same trip face much tighter restrictions.
The treasury and commerce departments must begin the process of issuing new regulations within 30 days.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci). President Donald Trump cheers Cuban born violinist Luis Haza after playing the national anthem during a speech on Cuba policy, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Miami.
Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, says President Donald Trump's new Cuba policy closes off a potentially lucrative market for American farmers. Refusing to negotiate domestic reforms in exchange for USA concessions is perhaps the most fundamental plank of Cuba's policy toward the U.S. This could make it easier for dissidents to organize, and other Cubans to utilize information sources not controlled by the state.
Global human rights groups say, however, that renewed US efforts to isolate the island could worsen the situation by empowering Cuban hard-liners.
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