Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,
U.S. President Donald Trump said March 8 that the Cuban government is negotiating a deal with him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Speaking at his “Shield of the Americas” gathering of Latin American leaders in Miami, Florida, Trump said that Cuba is “at the end of the line” due to Venezuela cutting off oil deliveries after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
“As we achieve a historic transformation in Venezuela, we’re also looking forward to the great change that will soon be coming to Cuba,” Trump said.“They have no money. They have no oil. They have a bad philosophy. They have a bad regime that’s been bad for a long time.”
The president said Cuba is currently negotiating with himself, Rubio, and “some others.”
“And I would think a deal would be made very easily with Cuba,”Trump added.
Trumphas urgedthe Cuban government to strike a deal with his administration since early this year, and has increased pressure after Maduro’s capture. Previously, Venezuela was overwhelmingly Cuba’s largest source of oil.
Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez responded to Trump at the time by saying his nation was “ready to defend the Homeland to the last drop of blood.”
“Those who blame the [communist] Revolution for the severe economic shortages we suffer should hold their tongues in shame,” hesaidon Jan. 11.
By late last month, Trump wasfloating the possibilityof a “friendly takeover of Cuba” by the United States.
Source: ZeroHedge News
