Cuba

Hegseth: "All options are on the table for Cuba, including military action. They are certainly no match for us."

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Cuba:

"All options are on the table to include military options. Cuba would be wise to pay attention to the willingness of President Trump to assert American strategic prerogatives, and their certainty is no match for the United States of America."

Sec. Of State Marco Rubio on Cuba:

Before this administration ends, Cuba will be on an irreversible path towards a much different future.

NYT Report: The CIA has created a secret task force focused on Cuba, part of the Trump administration's renewed push against Havana.

The unit will intensify covert operations and intelligence collection to pressure the government and exploit divisions within its leadership. Cuba has been elevated to a top U.S. intelligence priority.

The U.S. has ramped up intelligence assets in Cuba in recent months as it pushes the communist regime to reform or collapse - Politico

White House:

Cuba is about to be a failed state because of the communist policies of the past several decades.

Rubio: "As long as the people in charge of Cuba act this way, it will be difficult for Cuba to have a future."

Rubio: "The people in charge of Cuba don't know what they're doing."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

"The Cuban regime has spent years destabilizing the region."

U.S. military planners have discussed possible military action against Cuba, including an Army-led air assault involving thousands of troops from the 101st Airborne Division, according to CBS News.

Cuba's power grid fails again, the third nationwide blackout in under 10 days.

Q: "There are reports about Iranian drones in Cuba…"

U.S. President Donald Trump: "Well, if they do have that, and they might very well have that, we'll take care of it... we'll take care of it in short order. We're not going to have a problem. We're not going to allow that to happen."

UN Ambassador Mike Waltz:

"The Cuban regime is a national security threat and this administration is not going to stand for it any longer"

A nationwide blackout has hit Cuba after its power grid collapsed. - Sky News

Cuba's national power grid collapsed Monday, leaving around 10 million people without electricity. The cause remains under investigation.

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel to Sky News:

If there is an attack, the Cuban people will respond in unity, firmness, and in defense of our sovereignty.

We don't want the war, but we're not afraid of it.

And we are getting ready so that we're not surprised or defeated.

Trump: "Speaking of Cuba, after many many decades, it's coming our way"

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel:

The aid from the United States is insignificant compared to the damage the blockade has caused Cuba.

According to the latest estimates, the blockade costs Cuba more than five billion dollars every year.

And then they come with one hundred million dollars.

Cuba's Raúl Castro, 95, seen in public a month after his U.S. indictment.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visited Cuba and U.S. Central Command yesterday, meeting with service members conducting operations on behalf of the United States.

Hegseth described the troops as embodying "the definition of deterrence."

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War Secretary, Pete Hegseth:

What happens with the future of Cuba is in the hands of the President of the United States and the leadership of Cuba.

No matter what, the Department of War is going to be prepared and postured for any possible contingency.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on Cuba:

Now clouds are gathering over Cuba.

I don't exclude that before the midterm elections in November, there may be yet another very dangerous move from Washington, to prove the success of the Republican administration.

It'll be sad.

U.S. sanctions Cuban leader Díaz-Canel in latest pressure move against Cuba.

President Trump: “We'll handle Cuba after we take care of Iran.”