Overview
- Sen. Lindsey Graham posted on X telling Cuba’s leadership to start looking for a new place to live and invoked Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as a cautionary example.
- Earlier Sunday, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Cuba should “make a deal” and warned there would be zero Venezuelan oil or money flowing to the island.
- The escalated rhetoric comes after a recent U.S. operation in Venezuela and the extradition of Maduro to New York, which coverage frames as a precedent for pressure on Cuba.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pressed last week on a potential invasion of Cuba, declined to rule out military options and criticized the Cuban government.
- No new U.S. policy or military action toward Cuba has been formally announced, though some Republicans, including Rep. Carlos Giménez, have publicly signaled support for toppling the government.