At a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Florida, President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. warships returning from the Iran war could stop over off Cuba, and said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would then be sent in to “finish up the deal.” The remark revives the idea of military intervention in Cuba, which Trump and Rubio had raised in May, as the administration has filed criminal charges against former leader Raúl Castro. In a social media post after the rally, Rubio said “now is the time” for action on Cuba and urged those seeking change to pursue it through “a discrete partnership with the CIA.” Talks with Cuban officials have failed to produce results, leading to more U.S. sanctions, while Cuba has been in an economic and energy crisis since 2020, with its 10 million residents facing blackouts, food shortages and inflation.
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