President Donald Trump signaled in a new interview that he could take military action against Cuba before he leaves office to topple the island’s communist regime.
\n\n“I want to get Cuba done before I leave you,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday when asked if he would order the use of military force against Cuba to free the nation.
\n\nTrump said his administration is “watching it very closely” and Cuba is “doing very poorly,” calling it a “failed” country.
\n\nThe president said he would “certainly consider” taking military action against Cuba.
\n\n“Frankly, I’d love to be able to do it for the people, for the Cubans that came and were treated really badly, and they came to America,” he said.
\n\nSpeaking about the Cuban government during an impromptu White House press conference on Monday, Trump said, “I would imagine it will fall fairly soon.” At a Conservative Political Action Conference event at Mar-a-Lago last week, he said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is “going to work on Cuba” and joked “we’re going to drop him by parachute into Cuba.”
\n\nTrump made similar comments about Rubio during a campaign rally in Texas in late October, saying, “We’ll drop…
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