A Cuban known on TikTok as 'Miguel y las gallinas' sent a direct message to Donald Trump from the island itself, with the boldness and humor that only Cubans can muster: if the American president doesn’t show up, he will go find him himself.
In the 43-second clip published last Saturday, Miguel warns Trump in street English with chickens clucking in the background: 'Trump, if you don't come, I’m going to find you. Don’t think that because time passes, you'll be forgotten. Nobody here has forgotten you, and everyone is active.’ The threat, delivered with a smile, leaves no doubt about the mood on the island.
"Everyone is active waiting for the day," Miguel concludes, before finishing with a philosophical reflection that only makes sense in Cuba: "These people see what the roosters know. The roosters know, you know. That's it, don't forget, I have to go pick up a lot of them."
The video is not an isolated case. Since January 2026, when Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in Venezuela, Cubans have been openly —and humorously— wondering if Cuba would be 'next'. This sparked a wave of viral clips on TikTok where compatriots both inside and outside the island address Trump with a mix of pleading, sarcasm, and banter.
The Cuban @___eli85 was among the first to go viral, telling Trump: 'Don't take too long to arrive, coward, I'm waiting for you here in Havana'. The comedian Sergio Barrios, known as 'El Explotao', had a serious conversation with a wax figure of the president, asking him to capture Díaz-Canel for 'hidden oil'. And the comedian Javier Berridy parodied a call between Raúl Castro and Trump that garnered millions of views.
Humor is in abundance: Cuba is facing a severe energy and food crisis, with power outages exceeding twenty hours a day, shortages of food and medicine, and social protests. The government of Díaz-Canel, deprived of Venezuelan oil following Maduro's downfall, confirmed in March the start of discussions with the Trump administration to seek solutions.
The same day Miguel published his video, Trump stated at the FII Summit in Miami that 'Cuba will be next once the conflicts' in the Middle East are resolved, although he asked the media to ignore the statement. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, from Paris, was more direct: 'The economy needs to change, and it cannot without changing the system of government.'
The name 'Miguel and the Chickens' inadvertently adds an extra layer of irony: chickens are an extremely scarce commodity in Cuba in 2026, which turns the profile into a small portrait of the island's reality. This Monday, Trump predicted the collapse of the Cuban regime and stated that the United States will be there to 'help it', promising more material for upcoming videos.
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