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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, once again placed Cuba at the center of his international political narrative by sharing a prediction on his account on Truth Social that did not go unnoticed.
The Republican leader echoed a comment from conservative analyst Marc Thiessen, who stated that Trump will visit "a free Iran, a free Havana, and a free Caracas" before leaving the presidency.
The message, circulated in the early hours of Sunday, refers to an interview with Thiessen on the program Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News, where the political commentator predicted a series of democratic transformations driven by the current U.S. administration.
Thiessen attributed this possible transformation to Trump's leadership in international security and foreign policy. Referring to the Cuban situation, he predicted that before the current term ends, the island will no longer be under the control of the communist regime. He even went further, asserting that Trump would be welcomed "as a hero" in Havana following a potential political change.
The analyst's words do not arise in a vacuum. The prediction comes just days after Trump himself issued an explicit warning to the Cuban regime, also via Truth Social, in a regional context marked by the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and the collapse of the political and economic support that Havana has received from Caracas for years.
"I recommend that you make a deal before it’s too late", Trump wrote in that message, in which he stated that Cuba will no longer have Venezuelan oil or money and suggested that the international isolation of the regime will deepen.
Within Cuba, where the economic crisis, blackouts, and mass migration continue to shape daily life, such statements are met with a mix of hope, skepticism, and fear.
For the diaspora, however, the idea of a "free Havana" evoked from the White House strikes deep chords, marking the possibility of reunion, of return, and the end of a history of forced exiles.
In sharing Thiessen's prediction, Trump did not announce a specific policy or timeline, but made it clear that Cuba is part of his geopolitical vision and his closing narrative for his presidential term.
Amid the warning to the regime and the implicit promise of freedom, the message once again puts the island at a crossroads that millions of Cubans continue to watch with attention and anxiety.
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