The Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a close associate of Trump, stated this Sunday that Cuba's liberation is near while showing a cap with the phrase "Free Cuba".
"I was in Miami. Do you see this cap? Free Cuba! Stay tuned!" Graham said in an interview with Fox News.
Next, Graham showed a cap with the phrase "Make Iran Great Again" and said that the Trump Administration is eliminating the bad actors around the world.
"This is Ronald Reagan Plus, Donald Trump is resetting the world," he added.
This is the second time in recent days that Graham has referred to a regime change on the island.
Last Sunday, Graham said that the Cuban regime is running out of time.
"Cuba is next. This communist dictatorship in Cuba has its days numbered," Graham also said in an interview with Fox News.
The Republican, one of Trump's closest allies in the Senate, also compared the president to Ronald Reagan on that occasion, stating that Trump will finish the task that Reagan could not complete.
"We have the opportunity not only to take down the mothership of terrorism, Iran. We also have the chance to eliminate one of the deadliest allies in the Middle East, Hezbollah," Graham said, referring to the U.S. attack on Iran that took out the highest ranks of the Islamic Republic, including Ayatollah Khamenei.
“Mr. President, do it. And do it now. They are weak. We can eliminate them, and we must do it,” he added.
In January, the senator from South Carolina wrote on X: “My advice to the communists ruling Cuba and oppressing their people: call Maduro and ask him what to do… If you can get in touch, of course. If I were you, I would be looking for a new place to live.”
Cubastroika in motion
The political context supports the senator's rhetoric. On January 29, Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency on the grounds that Cuba poses an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the national security of the United States.
The order authorizes the stopping and inspection of ships bound for the island and establishes tariffs for countries that supply oil, effectively cutting off the Venezuelan flow of between 27,000 and 35,000 barrels per day, which was the regime's main energy source.
This plan, known as 'Cubastroika', aims to collapse the regime through energy strangulation and financial pressure before the end of 2026.
Mike Hammer, head of the US mission in Cuba, summarized it in a meeting with General Frank Donovan of Southern Command: “The dictatorship is going to end.”
Trump himself reinforced that message on Saturday at the Americas Shield Summit, where he declared that the Cuban regime will fall and is in its “final moments.”
The executive order from January also notes that Cuba hosts the largest Russian intelligence base outside of Russia and maintains active military cooperation with China, elements that the Trump administration uses to justify maximum pressure on the regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel.
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