The Donald J. Trump administration’s work to secure the Western Hemisphere is an important aspect, and it includes organizing the growing number of right-wing Latin American leaders.
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President Trump on Wednesday spoke to reporters at Joint Base Andrews following the Department of Justice’s indictment of former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, where he celebrated the development and declared, “We have Cuba on our mind.”
Following his commencement speech early at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, Trump walked up to reporters to discuss the “big news.”
“A lot of people have suffered very big, very, very at levels that few people would understand, and I think the Cuban population of Miami, and certainly beyond Miami, people that came there that were decimated, whose families were ruined, appreciate what the Attorney General just did today,” he began, noting that Cuba’s caused a “a lot of problems for a lot of years.”
Trump told reporters that what’s next for Cuba is help for the families and people of Cuba, though he did not specify how.
He further noted that the CIA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been in talks with the Cubans and that though “it’s not going to be like the biggest thing we’ve ever done,” it will be “one of the most important.” Trump added, “We’re freeing up Cuba.”
When asked how much longer he anticipates his oil embargo against Cuba to continue, the President declined to say, instead, telling reporters, “We’ll see. We’ll be announcing it pretty soon.”
“There won’t be escalation,” Trump said. “I don’t think there needs to be. Look, the place is falling apart, it’s a mess, and they sort of lost control. They’ve really lost control of Cuba.”
However, when asked if he plans to arrest Castro by invading the country in a Maduro-style raid, Trump told reporters, “I don’t want to say that.” Continue…