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Trump Says Cuba Is 'Next' After Iran

The vow signals a wider escalation in targets beyond Iran.

Overview

  • President Trump said "Cuba is next," repeating the line at a Miami summit and to reporters aboard Air Force One.
  • Cuba is in a severe food and energy crunch that the reports link to new U.S. tariffs on imports tied to oil, leading to blackouts and rationing.
  • Media reports say thousands of U.S. troops have moved to the Gulf, which they frame as a possible step toward a ground operation in Iran.
  • On Greenland, Trump previously pushed for a U.S. takeover before later saying at Davos that he would not use force.
  • He accused Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro of ties to drug trafficking and said he was "OK" with strikes in Mexico, which Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum rejected as a breach of sovereignty.