President Donald Trump joked – or was it a joke? – Friday evening, during an event in Florida, the U.S. was ready to take over Cuba “almost immediately.”
“He comes from a place called Cuba, which we will be taking over almost immediately. Now, Cuba’s got problems. We’ll finish one first. I like to finish a job. On the way back from Iran, we’ll have one of our big, maybe the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the biggest in the word. We’ll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they’ll say, ‘Thank you very much. We give up,'” the president said.
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"On the way back from Iran, we'll have one of our big, maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. We'll have that come in, stop about 100… pic.twitter.com/10YcQY1GPO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 2, 2026
In April, Trump vowed a “New Dawn for Cuba” at a Phoenix rally.
“We’re going to help them out with Cuba,” he said to the crowd. “We have a lot of great Cuban Americans, not too many in this audience, I don’t think, but you can go to Miami. We have people, Cuban Americans, people who were brutally treated, whose families were killed and brutalized. And now, watch what happens.”
Even before that rally, Trump had been hinting at his plans for Cuba for months. His administration has removed Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela and eliminated former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Now, it seems that the conflict with Iran might be nearing an end.
Now, for those clamoring for the president to focus more on domestic issues, we remind you that his economic policies are working wonderfully, as evidenced by the dramatic rise in the stock market (which helps ordinary Americans with their 401k retirement plans) and job growth last month.
