President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the failed communist island nation of Cuba would see freedom, as the U.S. has not been shy about its intentions to kick the communist regime out of Havana. The U.S. has employed gunboat diplomacy through an oil blockade this year, as the failed state has seen its economy collapse even further.
"My administration is also seeking a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba, where the communist regime is under great pressure, the biggest pressure they've ever been under. It's an absolutely failed state; it's failing like never before, and it will fall," Trump said in his speech at UNGA.
President Trump on Cuba at the UNGA:
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"It's an absolutely failed state, and it will fall... Communism will never be coming to America, but freedom will be coming to Cuba." pic.twitter.com/JOPQVKD797
With Trump's UNGA comments in mind, CBS News reports that it has reviewed an internal Army memo assessing the availability of military police, medical teams, and logistics units for possible use under Southern Command within 90 to 120 days.
The memo does not mention Cuba, identify troop numbers, or specify an operation. It also contains no indication that units have received deployment orders so far.
Here's more color from the report:
The document rev