❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Trump predicted the imminent collapse of Cuba’s communist regime.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald Trump, Cuban government, U.S. military, former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
📍WHEN & WHERE: March 2026, interview with Politico, Cuba, Venezuela, U.S.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Cuba’s going to fall too.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: U.S. actions in Venezuela have intensified pressure on Cuba, leading to severe economic instability.
President Donald J. Trump has expressed strong confidence that Cuba’s communist regime is approaching its end. He tied this prediction to recent U.S. military action in Iran and the forcible removal of Venezuela’s now-former president.
“People are loving what’s happening,” he insisted with respect to Operation Epic Fury in Iran, adding: “Cuba’s going to fall too.”
“We cut off all oil, all money or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source. And they want to make a deal,” he said, adding when asked if his administration was intentionally accelerating the Cuban regime’s demise, “Well, what do you think?”
Trump highlighted the U.S.’s previous intervention in Venezuela, where American forces captured the now-former Marxist narco-dictator, Nicolás Maduro. That move has cut off a major lifeline for Cuba, which has long depended heavily on Venezuelan oil and financial support.
Cuba is now facing serious fuel shortages and widespread power outages, made much worse by the sudden end of Venezuelan assistance. Trump noted that U.S. officials are currently in discussions with the Cuban leadership as the island nation seeks help.
President Trump suggested a peaceful path forward might still be possible, stating, “Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”
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