Donald Trump boasted to reporters on Monday that he may “do anything I want with” Cuba — a comment that drew fierce backlash on-line and was slammed as “batshit behavior from the President of the United States” by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).
Fox News’ Peter Doocy requested the president whether or not his want for regime change within the communist-led Caribbean island would contain a shock seizure — just like the U.S. seize of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro — or a army marketing campaign much like his conflict in Iran.
Trump went on to explain Cuba as a “failed nation” with “no money” or oil, however praised its panorama and “great” people who find themselves “very entrepreneurial,” including that those that immigrated to Florida can be eager to return.
He additionally falsely claimed Cuba is “not in a hurricane zone, which is nice for a change” as a result of “they won’t be asking us for money for hurricanes every week.” Cuba has been hit by dozens of hurricanes over time, together with 2001’s Hurricane Michelle, which destroyed about 10,000 houses, and final yr’s Hurricane Melissa, which broken or destroyed greater than 900,000.
Trump then mentioned: “All my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it? I do believe I’ll have the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big honor.”
“Taking Cuba?” requested Doocy.
“Taking Cuba in some form, you know,” Trump replied. “Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it. I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth.”
He added that Cuba is a “very weakened nation” with “very violent leaders.”
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