Trump: Cuba 'Is Ready to Fall'
"...I don't think we need any action. It looks like it's going down." -President Donald Trump
[PJMedia.com] Cuba's future looks bleak in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's capture, at least according to President Donald Trump. Late Sunday evening, Trump said during a press gaggle on Air Force One that the communist country was "ready to fall" now that Venezuela can no longer serve as its economic and security backstop. (Screengrab image: via X-Rapid Response 47)
Trump tied Cuba's fate directly to Maduro's ouster, pointing out that Havana depended on Caracas for cheap oil and regional muscle. With Venezuela no longer able to bankroll its allies, Trump said the dominoes across the region have started to tip.
"Cuba is ready to fall, you know?" Trump said. "Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. I don't know how they, if they're gonna hold out."
Trump pointed out that "Cuba now has no income. They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil. They're not getting any of that," he said.
As reporters attempted to ask additional questions, Trump returned to the same theme, saying, "And Cuba literally is ready to fall, and you have a lot of great Cuban Americans that are gonna be very happy about this."
Asked whether the United States was considering taking action in Cuba, Trump suggested events would unfold on their own. "We're not... I think it's just gonna fall. I don't think we need any action. It looks like it's going down," he said... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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