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

The Cuban comedian Ulises Toirac reacted strongly 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 him."

Toirac shared his opinion on his Facebook profile and clarified from the beginning the reason for doing so: “I am publishing this because it is an event in international politics and partially related to Cuba.”

The comedian acknowledged a relative relief before launching his critique: "I have to 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 the plenary while Trump was speaking, and announced that he would also make some comments about it. "We'll talk later about the uproar caused by the detergent at the store. Anyway... it's the time for such things."

Trump's address 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 stated before the assembly.

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

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

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 referred to the then Venezuelan leader as a "dictator" and "cynic."