President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at a potential U.S. intervention in Cuba during an interview with the Beltway news outlet Politico.
“People are loving what’s happening,”Trump said. “Cuba’s going to fall, too.”
“We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source,” he continued. “And they want to make a deal.”
When Trump was asked about how big a role the United States is playing in the downfall of Cuba’s communist regime, Trump replied: “Well, what do you think? For 50 years, that’s icing on the cake.”
Trump added that U.S. officials are in communication with Cuba’s leadership, as the country has been in chaos since U.S. forcescaptured Venezuela’s now-former leader, Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela was a major supplier of oil and other fuel to Cuba.
“They need help. We are talking to Cuba,” he said.
The president also took credit for cutting off the Venezuelan oil supply to Cuba and pushing the island’s government to the brink.
“Well, it’s because of my intervention, intervention that is happening,” Trump said. “Obviously, otherwise they wouldn’t have this problem. We cut off all oil, all money … everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source.”
“How long have you been hearing about Cuba — Cuba, Cuba — for 50 years?” he asked. “And that’s one of the small ones for me.”
In addition to Venezuela and Cuba, Trump is spearheading attacks on Iran, and said he will be heavily involved in choosing the nation’s new leader, following the death of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneiin an Israeli air strike.
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