26 minutes agoTrump: I believe I will be honored to take control of Cuba
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(4 months ago)Donald Trump expects to have <x0nder of the takeover of Cuba”, he said, after a US-binding blockade of oil plunged the country into darkness under a total power outage. The American president claimed Monday he could do “whatever he wants” with Cuba, amid US negotiations with Havana on [...]
The American president claimed on Monday that he could do “whatever he wants” with Cuba, amid US negotiations with Havana on the country's future, telegraphy broadcast.
You know, all my life I've heard about the United States and Cuba. When the United States will do this”, Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.
I believe I will have the honor of taking Cuba. If I release him, I think I can do whatever I want with him. You want to know the truth. They are a very weakened nation now”, Trump added.
Shortly after he spoke, the New York Times reported that American officials told Cuba to oust its president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, from power during the last talks, citing four unidentified sources familiar with discussions.
The US has been seeking to intensify the pressure on Cuba, its early enemy, since the collapse of President Venezuelala, Nicolaás Maduro, the most important foreign charity of Cuba in January.
Trump suspended remittances of Venezuelan oil to Cuba and threatened to set tariffs for any country that sold oil in Cuba, killing its outdated power grid.
The collapse of Díaz-Canel from power would bring down a key figure, while leaving the oppressive communist regime in place to run Cuba for nearly seven decades.
Cuba has traditionally rejected any interference in its internal affairs, and has considered every proposal on this front as a breacher of any agreement.
Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State and son of Cuban immigrants, has long made it clear that he wants a change of regime in Havana.
Trump has also called for a “friendly takeover of power”, but recently told reporters: “may not be a friendly takeover of power”.
Since the fall of Maduron from power in January and joined Israel in the attack on Iran, Trump has spoken openly that Cuba will be the next “”.
Díaz-Canel, 65, who succeeded the late Fidel Castro and his brother, Raúl Castro, as president in 2018, said on Friday that he expected talks with the US to be held “according to the principles of equality and respect for the political systems of the two countries, sovereignty and self-determination”. /Telegraphy/
