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The spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, reaffirmed this Wednesday that the Cuban regime is destined to fall, clarifying a previous statement made by President Donald Trump, and the response from Cubans on social media was immediate and unanimous: an avalanche of variations of the same question, "but when?"
Leavitt explained that when Trump said Cuba is next on March 27 in Miami, he was referring to the collapse of the regime, not a military action. He described Cuba as a country "in a very weak economic and financial position" and stated that "the Cuban people are fed up with their government, as they should be." However, he did not announce any concrete changes in policy towards Havana.
The spokesperson acknowledged that the conversations continue at the highest level of government, but was clear: "I have no updates or announcements today regarding policy towards Cuba."
The statement adds to a series of similar messages from the Trump administration: on March 16, Trump claimed I believe I will have the honor of taking Cuba; on March 30, from Air Force One, he predicted that Cuba will fail very soon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been anticipating new developments quite soon.
But Cubans, both on the island and abroad, received the message with a skepticism that has become reflexive. The comments on the post sharing the news were filled with the same question repeated in dozens of variations.
"That's been said since Girón... 67 years and nothing", wrote A.T.B., recalling that similar promises have been made since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.
"The same old story, they never tire of repeating it," J.A.E.V. pointed out.
Others mixed exhaustion with dark humor. "By Monday at the latest, please. Thank you," T.Y. wrote. "What he doesn't say is in which century," O.L. quipped. "We'll still be at this in 2050. Just pure political nonsense," S.V. declared.
From the island, the tone was one of direct desperation. "But when... are we all going crazy... there is nothing, not water, not electricity, not food... they are killing us," wrote M.P.N. "Those destined to fall are the people, not the government," summarized M.L.D.
The context surrounding those comments is brutal: Cuba faces in 2026 blackouts of up to 30 hours daily, a chronic shortage of water, food, and medicine, and an economy that has experienced a decline of 23% since 2019.
Meanwhile, the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal confirmed to the AFP agency that there are contacts between both governments, although at a very preliminary stage, without formal structured negotiations.
“Respecting criteria, the same story as 60 years ago and the same ending: the people more entrenched in misery,” wrote M.P., encapsulating in one line what millions of Cubans feel with every new promise from Washington.
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