After the attacks on Iran, US President Donald Trump is looking to the next country he wants to liberate. He’s putting pressure on Cuba.
March 6, 2026, 10:56 amMarch 6, 2026, 10:56 am
Thomas Wanhoff / t-online
US President Donald Trump sees the United States as an important factor in the current crisis Cuba. When asked whether Washington was involved in the possible downfall of the government, Trump told the American news portal “Politico”: “Well, what do you think?” After more than 50 years of conflict over Cuba, he continued, the issue was “the icing on the cake” for him. “Cuba will fall too,” Trump said.
Donald Trump looks at Cuba.Image: keystone
At the same time, he praised the development Venezuela and explained: “Venezuela is doing fantastically.” Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is doing a great job.
Trump also confirmed that the USA Have contact with the communist leadership in Havana. «You need help. We’re talking to Cuba,” Trump said. At the same time, the President made it clear that pressure from the USA was playing a role in the crisis. “Well, that’s because of my intervention, because of the intervention that’s happening right now,” Trump said. “We cut off everything – the oil, the money… everything that came from Venezuela, which was the only source.”
Trump: “What’s happening in Cuba is amazing”
At a meeting with Inter Miami CF players at the White House, Trump told the audience, which included people of Cuban descent: “What is happening in Cuba is amazing. We think we want to fix this — this [den Iran-Krieg, d.Red.] finish first, but it will only be a matter of time before you and many incredible people return to Cuba. The USA wanted to get Cuba back and not lose the Cubans, he continued. He praised Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who is himself of Cuban origin, for his work.
Trump’s latest comments on Cuba follow previous hints, some less subtle than others, that he and his allies have made about their plans for the Caribbean island nation. “Cuba is next,” said the Republican senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday after the attacks began on the Iran on Fox News television.