Donald Trump once again claimed the electoral support of Cuban Americans and stated that his administration takes care of that community, which he described as a victim of mistreatment.
"We have extraordinary people who have been treated very poorly, the Cuban Americans, and 94% voted for me. We take care of those people," declared the President of the United States during a press conference on Monday, November 9, in the James S. Brady briefing room at the White House in Washington.
Despite being a statement from the President of the United States, Trump did not provide election data to support that percentage.
The figure contrasts with independent measurements of the Cuban-American vote, although these have also shown significant support for his candidacy.
A poll from Florida International University (FIU), published in October 2024, found that 68% of likely Cuban American voters in Miami-Dade intended to vote for Trump in the presidential election in November of that year.
The study, conducted among 1,001 Cuban Americans, identified this percentage as the highest support for the Republican Party recorded by the survey up to that point.
During his speech on Monday, the leader also described Cuba as a failed nation and stated that the United States will provide humanitarian assistance to its population.
“We will help them for humanitarian reasons; in fact, we are already helping them,” the leader stated.
Trump also spoke about the political future of the Island and stated that, in his opinion, its decline could happen quite soon.
In the same appearance, he compared the ideology of the Cuban regime to that of the American Democratic Party, believing that they are very similar.
On May 4th, during a phone interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump claimed that he received that percentage of the Cuban vote in the United States. "I have an obligation, frankly, to do something," he stated at that time, referring to the situation in Cuba.
In March, Trump also promised to help Cuban Americans if there was a political change in the Island.
During statements to reporters aboard the presidential plane Air Force One, he assured that Cuba would soon fail and that the United States would be present to assist those who had left the country.
The president once again spoke positively about the community in May, when he expressed feeling very proud of Cuban Americans, whom he described as incredible people who had suffered persecution, imprisonment, and family losses.
Two days later, during statements to NBC News, he spoke about opening Cuba to Cuban Americans so they could return, help, and invest in their homeland.
He also highlighted the role of emigrants who have built businesses and professional careers in the United States.
The support of Cuban Americans for the Republican Party does not, however, imply unanimity regarding all the policies of the Trump administration.
A survey by FIU published at the end of October 2026 found that 68% of the Cuban-Americans surveyed in Miami-Dade intended to vote for the Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in their district in the elections on November 3, while approximately three out of four rejected the increase in deportations of Cubans without legal status and without criminal records.
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