On Friday, President Donald Trump revived the prospect of U.S. intervention in Cuba, suggesting American warships returning from the Iran war could stop just off the island’s coast. At a South Florida rally, he said a ship could stop about 50 yards off Cuba’s coast and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio could “finish up the deal.” After the rally, Rubio urged Cubans seeking change to pursue it through a “discrete partnership with the CIA.” Trump also said he expects the two countries to reach a deal and that military action may not be necessary, while the U.S. has since imposed additional sanctions on the Cuban government. Cuba has been in an economic and energy crisis since 2020, with blackouts, food shortages and inflation, and hundreds of thousands of Cubans have migrated, many to the United States.
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