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Lara Trump showcased an authentic Cuban coffee with the three Cuban-American congressmen from Florida — María Elvira Salazar, Mario Díaz-Balart, and Carlos Giménez — in Washington, during a meeting that was captured in a 21-second video published on Facebook where the four toast while shouting “Viva Trump.”
The moment occurs just two days after the Department of Justice filed a historic federal indictment against Raúl Castro and five Cuban military officers for the downing of two aircraft from Hermanos al Rescate in 1996, which Salazar described as "this historic moment for Cuba."
In the video, President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law humorously asks, "When you're with three Cubans, what else can you do but drink Cuban coffee?"
Congresswoman Salazar described the meeting on her social media as "a powerful conversation with Lara Trump alongside Mario Díaz-Balart and Carlos Giménez about this historic moment for Cuba, the exiled community that we are proud to represent, and why the fight for freedom on the island remains something deeply personal for so many families in our community."
The complete television appearance of the three legislators is scheduled for this Saturday at 9 PM (Eastern Time) on Fox News, within the program «My View with Lara Trump».
The meeting takes place during the period of greatest pressure from the Trump administration on the Cuban regime since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
Last Wednesday, the acting attorney general Todd Blanche announced at the Freedom Tower in Miami — coinciding with Cuba's Independence Day — the criminal charges against Raúl Castro, 94, for conspiracy to assassinate American citizens and four individual charges of homicide for the deaths of Armando Alejandre Jr., Carlos Costa, Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales.
Salazar reacted that same day with a statement that became a headline: “Today marks the end of the Castro family”.
The three congressmen represent districts in South Florida with a high concentration of Cuban-Americans and have acted as a coordinated legislative block throughout 2026, pressing the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Commerce to revoke business licenses with Cuba and close loopholes in the embargo.
The gesture of the Cuban coffee has its origins in Lara Trump herself: in September 2020, she visited the Versailles restaurant in Miami to enjoy a Cuban coffee during Donald Trump's reelection campaign, accompanied by Cuban-American advisor Mercedes Schlapp.
In April, before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Salazar summarized the Cuban-American bloc's stance with a straightforward remark: "The communist regime in Cuba is on life support. Trump just needs to pull the plug."
The administration has imposed more than 240 sanctions against the Cuban regime since January 2025, including those directed at GAESA —the military conglomerate that controls between 40% and 70% of the island's formal economy— announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 7, with a deadline of June 5 for foreign companies to cease operations.
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