Trump Declares Cuba ‘In Its Last Moments Of Life’ At Summit | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump declared that Cuba is “in its last moments of life” Saturday whereas chatting with a gathering of Latin American leaders at his Doral, Florida, golf membership.

He transitioned to speaking concerning the Caribbean island after discussing Venezuela, which the U.S. hit with navy strikes, taking President Nicolas Maduro captive, in January.

“As we achieve a historic transformation in Venezuela, we’re also looking forward to the great change that will soon be coming to Cuba,” Trump mentioned on the occasion, which the White House known as the Shield of the Americas summit.

He characterised the Communist-run nation as “very much at the end of the line,” stating that it has “no money,” “no oil,” “a bad philosophy” and a “bad regime.”

The president floated a “friendly takeover” of Cuba final month, and mentioned Thursday on the White House that Cuba can be Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “next” job.

Trump mentioned Saturday that Cuba is “negotiating” with Rubio, and that he “would think” {that a} deal “would be made very easily” between the 2 nations.

“Cuba’s in its last moments of life, as it was,” Trump mentioned. “It’ll have a great new life, but it’s in its last moments of life the way it is.”

He then joked about Rubio’s busy schedule within the wake of the United States’ ongoing bombing of Iran.

“But our focus right now is on Iran,” Trump mentioned. “And we’ll do that, I would say, what will you do, take about two days off, Marco? No, he won’t. Maybe an hour. He’ll take one hour off and then he’ll finish up a deal on Cuba. That’ll be an easy one.”

He added, “But it’ll be the, uh, entire region that we’re doing that.”