President Donald Trump left open the potential of using U.S. military force against Cuba before he leaves office, saying that he wants to “get Cuba done before I leave.”
“I would like to be able to do it,” Trump said when asked about an operation against Cuba in an interview with conservative political commentator Hugh Hewitt.
Trump referred to Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the leader in the administration’s opposition to Cuba’s government, led by Miguel Díaz-Canel, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
“We have a very good, talented guy from Cuba named Marco … He would love to do that,” Trump said of Rubio.
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“We’re watching it very closely. It’s doing very poorly. … I’d love to be able to do it for the people, for the Cubans that came and were treated really badly, and they came to America,” he said.
Asked about the Iran war, Trump said he wouldn’t hesitate to resume — and potentially intensify — military strikes against Iran if it attacked U.S. allies or ships, maintaining that the U.S. controls the Hormuz Strait.
“They’re not doing well,” Trump said of Iran. He said that “if something doesn’t work out, I would not hesitate.”
Earlier Thursday, Trump pivoted from recent remarks about finding a deal to end the war. He said in a Truth Social post that he told Vice President JD Vance to focus on rooting out corruption in the United States, rather than negotiate a new ceasefire with Iranian officials.
Republicans, including Trump and Vance, have blamed the war for the party’s wipeout in the midterm elections, costing them their House and Senate majorities and the loss of seats in red states and districts that were considered out of reach for Democratic candidates before Election Day.
“We don’t need a deal with Iran,” Trump said in the post. “Those days have long since passed.”
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