The President of the United States, Donald Trump, publicly suggested that Cuba could be the next topic on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's agenda during an event held at the White House with the Inter Miami soccer team.
During the event, while addressing Rubio, Trump remarked: “Your next project will be Cuba. It’s waiting, but let’s finish this one first. We could do it all at the same time, but bad things happen.”
"If you look at countries over the years, when you rush everything, bad things happen. We are not going to let anything bad happen to this country," he stated.
"What is happening in Cuba is incredible… we are going to fix it and many amazing people will be able to return to their country," Trump also asserted.
The comment was made during the reception for Inter Miami, which was attended by players, executives, and figures associated with the team, including the Argentine star Lionel Messi.
Although the president did not provide further details about the specific meaning of his statement, the reference to Cuba leaves no room for doubt: the Caribbean nation and its dictatorship are on Donald Trump's radar and agenda.
Marco Rubio, who serves as Secretary of State, has been one of the most critical voices against the Cuban regime within U.S. politics for years and has advocated for a hardline stance toward the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Trump's words come at a time of increasing pressure from his administration against the Cuban regime and amid a deep economic, energy, and social crisis on the island.
Hours earlier, Trump stated that the Cuban regime "will also fall" and specified that the pressure exerted by his administration is directly influencing the crisis faced by the Cuban government.
Additionally, he suggested that the deterioration of the situation on the island is a consequence of measures driven by Washington, including the cutoff of Venezuelan oil supplies that had supported Havana for years.
Similarly, the U.S. mission chief in Cuba, Mike Hammer, stated that he expects a political change on the island in 2026 and declared that "the dictatorship will come to an end."
Hammer made these statements during the annual gala of the Cuban American Bar Association held in Miami, where he received the organization's first Humanitarian Award.
The head of the U.S. mission in Cuba met this Thursday in Miami with the new commander of Southern Command, General Frank Donovan, to discuss the situation on the island.
The meeting takes on significance in the current political context, marked by the increasing pressure from President Donald Trump's administration on the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel.
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