U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is facing his first international challenge, the death of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Unfortunately, Trump looks set to flunk the test.
Anyone who believes in human liberty should welcome Castro's passing. Whatever the alleged social progress of his communist regime — in fact, it left the Cuban people mired in poverty — cannot justify a half century of repression.
When Castro's forces ousted the corrupt and brutal Fulgencio Batista, many Americans admired the young, English-speaking revolutionary. But Castro showed his true beliefs when he embraced the Soviet Union.