President Donald Trump indicated in a new interview that he may take military action to overthrow Cuba’s communist government before leaving office.
“I want to finish Cuba before I leave you,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday when asked if he would order the use of military force against Cuba to liberate the nation.
Trump said his administration was “monitoring the situation very closely” and that Cuba was “doing very badly,” calling it a “bankrupt” country.
The president said he would “certainly consider” taking military action against Cuba.
“Frankly, I wish I could do it for the people, for the Cubans who came and were treated very poorly, and came to America,” he said.
Speaking about the Cuban government during an impromptu news conference at the White House on Monday, Trump said: “I imagine it will fall pretty soon. » At a Conservative Political Action Conference at Mar-a-Lago last week, he said Secretary of State Marco Rubio “is going to work on Cuba” and joked that “we’re going to parachute him into Cuba.”
Trump made similar comments about Rubio at a campaign rally in Texas in late October, saying, “We’re going to drop him in the middle of Cuba. He’ll solve that problem in about two minutes. No, Cuba is coming, like everything else, because we’re a respected country again.”
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Trump is still grappling with other conflicts around the world. The president has faced backlash from Democrats and Republicans over the war in Iran, which began in late February with joint U.S. and Israeli strikes. He acknowledged that the conflict was partly to blame for Republican losses in last week’s midterm elections, while Vice President JD Vance said it was the “real reason” for the Republican Party’s rout.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has also failed to find a solution despite Trump’s repeated declarations during his presidential campaign and since taking office that it would end soon.
The president suggested earlier this year that his administration would get involved in Cuba. For example, he declared in February that negotiations between the United States and Havana could lead to a “friendly takeover”.
NBC News reported in May that Trump grew frustrated at the time as the Cuban government clung to power despite months of sustained U.S. pressure.
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