Trump eyes Cuba and Iran after Venezuela raid: Can they survive his pressure campaign?
India Today
After seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a deadly military operation, Donald Trump has set his sights on toppling two more governments. But history suggests both Cuba and Iran may prove far costlier than Venezuela.
Donald Trump has tasted blood, and now he wants more. After orchestrating the capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro in a covert raid, Trump is openly pursuing regime change in Cuba and Iran. His message is brutally simple: resist Washington and you can be removed.
The pattern is unmistakable. Trump boasts that Cuba will be "failing pretty soon." He threatens to cut all oil and money flowing to Havana. A "beautiful armada" of aircraft carriers and guided missile destroyers floats towards Iran. Sanctions tighten. Protests simmer. Military assets surge across the Middle East. Trump smells weakness and opportunity.
But the critical question shaking global capitals is whether Cuba and Iran can actually defend themselves against a president who believes momentum equals destiny.
Cuba in the crosshairs
Cuba sits squarely in Trump's sights because he believes the island is already suffocating. For decades, Venezuela supplied Cuba with oil and cash. That pipeline is now severed. Trump's second term has revived the harshest measures: Cuba back on the state sponsors of terrorism list, remittances restricted, military entities targeted. Reports suggest his team wants the government toppled by year's end through economic strangulation.
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