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President Donald Trump said he would consider ordering a military campaign against Cuba before the end of his term, even as his administration pulls back from diplomatic talks over the war with Iran following recent midterm election losses.
In an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Trump said he wanted to “get Cuba done” before leaving office and suggested Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose parents immigrated from the island, would be eager to take on the effort.
“Well, I want to get Cuba done before I leave, yeah,” Trump told Hewitt when asked if he would order military force to free Cuba. “And we have a very good, talented guy for Cuba named Marco. Because Marco’s parents are from, Marco Rubio, his parents are from Cuba as you probably know. And he would love to do that.”
Trump described Cuba as a “failed” nation and said he was watching the situation closely, pointing to his past electoral support among Cuban Americans in Florida.
“I would like to be able to do it,” Trump said. “I won the Cuban vote by 94% in Florida, and I think I’m more popular now than I was then.
