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This week on Witness History On 17 December 2014, United States President Barack Obama and the leader of Cuba, Raul Castro announced the normalization of their country's relations, ending 54 years of hostility.
It was a shock to most except a few trusted aides who had worked for 18 months to make it happen.
Raul Castro's son Alejandro was the Cuban representative, while Ben Rhodes, Obama's speechwriter, was sent by the US.
He says the US government made a liar out of him after President Trump reversed much of the progress to get the behind the scenes story of the Cuban Thor.
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It's just coming out at 4 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, and I say that because we've just come off the air with Matt Chorley for a live edition of AmericanSwive Live, which was the first edition since Donald Trump gave his first broadcast interview after the election.
He's given it to NBC's Meet the Press.
And he had plenty to say.