Trump suggests US could carry out 'friendly takeover' of Cuba

[highplainsdem]

Source: Guardian

Donald Trump has suggested the US could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba as tensions between Washington and Havana reach a new high following the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.

As he left the White House for a campaigning event in Texas on Friday, Trump said: “The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble.”

Although he gave no further details, it has been widely reported that US officials had met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the grandson of 94 year-old Raúl Castro, on the sidelines of the Caribbean leaders summit, Caricom, as part of negotiations on opening up the island.

Trump on Friday said: “They have no money, they have no anything right now. But they’re talking with us and maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-cuba-regime-change

[llmart]

2. Narcissistic trait number 100...

Keep everyone off balance with one ridiculous statement after another. Also serves to veer attention away from EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN FILES.

[Deuxcents]

3. Can't take care of Puerto Rico and now wants to take care of Cuba?

Won’t make Epstein issue go away, moron

[generalbetrayus]

11. Gives him a chance to toss more paper towels to an "adoring" crowd.

[2naSalit]

4. W-T-F ?

[MLWR]

5. WTF does he want Cuba for? They don't have oil or precious minerals. He's just a f**king megalomaniac.

[groundloop]

10. BUT, they grow sugarcane and make some damned good rum with it.

I try to always keep some Havana Club on hand. I can't go to Cuba at the moment to purchase it but can sometimes find it in other countries in the Caribbean.

AND if tRump and all the GQP idiots were serious about helping the people of Cuba they'd end the asinine trade embargo and reopen tourist travel.

[Polybius]

19. Besides the government, Cuba is beautiful

The vacation resorts would be magnificent.

[Chemical Bill]

26. Which could bring back prostitution on a massive scale! n/t

[twodogsbarking]

6. Cuba is struggling. Why make it worse.

[Bayard]

7. One more for the road

He wants to own countries like he owns hotels. Cuba has nice beaches.

[generalbetrayus]

8. Orange Julius Caesar doesn't appear to know (obviously) that the US didn't take over Cuba after the Spanish-American War

because there were too many US Senators who felt there were too many Blacks in Cuba.

[ToxMarz]

9. If you conquer them, they aren't immigrants so then they're ok.

[generalbetrayus]

12. I'm expecting OJC will get hefty kickbacks from American car companies that swoop in

to replace all the 1950's bucket-of-bolts that people drive in Cuba.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

13. Cuba is his new Greenland

He needs a distraction like right now
and someone thankfully, has slowed his impulse to destroy Iran.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Only Trump casinos in Cuba.

[dweller]

15. So he

can bankrupt them too






✌🏻

[mwb970]

16. I'd like to carry out a "friendly impeachment" of the ahole in the White House.

[Mysterian]

17. We'll be greeted as liberators again!

Except with mountains and jungles.

[ashredux]

18. Hmmm... you know, we could build some gambling casinos down there.... That'll do it. Who would've thought of that?

[Deuxcents]

20. Calling Jared 📣

[Wonder Why]

21. If it involves El Puerco Gordo, nothing is friendly.

[GreenWave]

22. "They are in a big deal of trouble"

Sounds like a toddler bully talking...

[Six117]

23. Epstein

Epstein Epstein Epstein

[Talitha]

24. He's floundering because he's TERRIFIED of the Epstein Files.

Lashing out at everyone all at once - true mark of a madman.

Tick-tock, motherfucker!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Armchair warriors always fail.