You did get this impression that he thought he could go from exile in Central America to Miami and that would be ... safe haven there, ... For people that are paying attention, I think it does give the impression that somehow the Constitution and laws of the United States don't exactly apply the same way there.

Giving people reason to believe that the United States sees itself as the ultimate arbiter of what happens in Cuba, which government is good or bad, which government is acceptable or not, which one is democratic or not ... undermines the objective of the U.S. playing a positive role in promoting a peaceful democratic transition in Cuba.