Trump And Company Brazenly Tap Cuba As New Target Following Venezuela Attack
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed his boss after he suggested it might be time to consider action against the "failing nation."
Fresh on the heels of an audacious U.S. incursion into Venezuela, President Donald Trump and his cabinet are already musing about where they might be meddling next.
As he addressed the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a Saturday morning press conference, Trump said that he and the White House’s top diplomats will likely “end up talking about” using similar tactics against Cuba, which he called a “failing nation.”
“That system has not been a very good one for Cuba,” he said of the socialist-run island republic at the 49:15 mark in the video above. “The people there have suffered for many, many years.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took on a more ominous tone after Trump beckoned him to the lectern, where he told reporters, “If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I’d be concerned at least a little bit.”
“When he tells you that he’s going to do something, when he tells you he’s going to address a problem, he means it,” he continued.
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