Ulises Toirac on Trump's speech at the UN: "I felt secondhand embarrassment."

The Cuban comedian Ulises Toirac reacted harshly to the speech given by U.S. President Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly, calling it "shameful" and stating that it made him feel "embarrassed for someone else."

Toirac shared his opinion on his Facebook profile and made it clear from the beginning why he was doing so: "I am sharing this because it is an event in international politics that is partially related to Cuba."

The comedian acknowledged a relative sense of relief before expressing his criticism: “I should be glad that he didn’t say he was going to make us disappear from the face of the earth and send us to hell. But the speech was shameful. Filled with open threats (in a forum that exists to find peaceful solutions), inaccuracies, and blatant lies.”

And he concluded his post with a mockery of the actions of the Cuban delegation, which left the hall during Trump’s speech, and announced that he would also comment on it. "We'll talk later about the uproar caused when they pulled out the detergent in the store. Anyway... it's that kind of era."

Trump's intervention at the 81st United Nations General Assembly included a direct passage about Cuba in which the president described the regime as an "absolutely failed state" and predicted its downfall.

"My administration also seeks a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba, where the communist regime is under enormous pressure, the greatest pressure it has ever faced. It is an absolutely failed state. And it will fall," Trump affirmed before the assembly.

The U.S. President also revealed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio "is leading the negotiations" with Havana, and concluded the passage with a triumphant phrase: "Communism will never reach America, but freedom will come to Cuba".

Toirac, known for maintaining a critical stance toward both the Cuban regime and external interventions, did not align his reaction with either of the conflicting sides.

That same logic was applied in January 2026, when, after the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces, he declared that he could not "applaud any invasion", although he also described the then Venezuelan leader as a "dictator" and "cynic".