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Trump Backs Post Floating Rubio as Cuba’s Leader, Escalates Pressure With Oil Threat

The quip punctuates a pressure campaign on Havana after the U.S. raid that captured Nicolás Maduro.

Several thousand members of over 100 Cuban exile groups march down Little Havana's Calle Ocho in Miami in March 2003.
Cuban exiles play dominoes at Maximo Gomez Park in Little Havana in November 1997.
In this July 2017 photo, Rubio is joined by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen as they speak on the phone with a Venezuelan opposition leader in Washington, DC.
In this March 1996 photo, Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole shakes hands with supporters in the Little Havana section of Miami, after laying a memorial wreath at the Brigade 2506 Memorial.

Overview

  • Trump wrote “Sounds good to me” in reply to a social media post asserting “Marco Rubio will be president of Cuba,” a remark not tied to any announced U.S. policy.
  • In a separate Truth Social warning, he said there will be “no more oil or money” going to Cuba from Venezuela and urged Havana to “make a deal” “before it’s too late.”
  • Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez dismissed the claims, said Cuba is not dependent on Venezuelan oil, and condemned the U.S. stance as “criminal interference.”
  • Marco Rubio now serves as secretary of state, acting national security adviser and acting archivist, and he previously briefly led USAID during a State Department overhaul.
  • Reports credit Rubio with a central role in planning the U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, with Cuba reporting dozens of Cuban and Venezuelan security casualties.