On his first day in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba 's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued by President Joe Biden just last week. Biden had announced plans to lift the designation as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba.

The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken by Biden over the course of his presidency.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday it will remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list – a move taken in the twilight of the administration that is likely to reversed by the incoming team.

The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, four years after the Trump White House issued the designation.

The decision is likely to be reversed by the incoming Trump administration. Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state whose family fled Cuba in the 1950s, supports strong sanctions on Havana's Communist regime.

US President Donald Trump overturned the decision of the previous administration under Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, The Wall Street Journal reports. It is noted that the decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism was made by Biden less than a week ago,

US President Donald Trump on January 20 reversed his predecessor Joe Biden's decision to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, just hours after being sworn in for his second term. In a widely anticipated step,