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US President Donald Trump suggested a possible “friendly takeover of Cuba” as the White House looks to leverage the Communist-run island’s energy crisis to exert greater influence.
“They’re in big trouble, and we could very well do something good, I think, very positive for the people that were expelled, or worse, from Cuba that live here,” Trump told reporters on Friday as he departed the White House for Texas.
“You know, we have people living here that want to go back to Cuba.”
“We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba,” he added.
Trump’s comments are some of his most fulsome yet on his plans for Cuba, which has been under severe pressure from the US.

Earlier this week, the administration announced plans to allow fuel shipments from American energy companies to private Cuban businesses.
The strategy is intended to both make Cuba more reliant on the US and help boost the island’s private sector while undermining its Communist government.
Cuba’s government has been under particular duress after the US raid to capture Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.
Since then, the Trump administration has pressured the interim government in Caracas to break its long-time partnership with Cuba, urging it to stop exporting oil there.
Trump said Cuba was “to put it mildly, a failing nation” and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was working to exert influence over the government to advance US interests.
“They have no money, they have no oil, they have no food,” Trump said.
Trump’s comments come just days after a shoot-out between Cuba’s coastguard and a group of Cubans living in the US who travelled aboard a Florida-registered speedboat to the island’s coastline.
The Cuban government has accused the men of attempting to mount an insurrection, which it said prompted the deadly firefight. US officials have said that further investigation was necessary to determine what happened.


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Student activists Tampa, Florida, protest against the US oil embargo on Cuba on Thursday. Photo: AFP

A Cuba-flagged tanker leaves Havana Harbour on Thursday. Photo: TNS

A Cuban coastguard vessel is seen in Havana in 2022. Photo: TNS

A Cuban-flagged tanker anchors near a terminal in Matanzas, Cuba, in January. Photo: Reuters

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Spain to send humanitarian aid to Cuba through UN amid US fuel blockade

A mechanic repairs a flat tyre from a cycle rickshaw at his workshop in Havana as the fuel crisis in Cuba forces many workers to abandon petrol cars and turn to electric tricycles and bicycle taxis. Photo: AFP

A man throws rubbish on a street in downtown Havana, Cuba on Sunday with collectors unable to operate due to duel shortages. Photo: Reuters

China vows to ‘do what it can’ as US blockade leaves Cuba with just weeks of oil

China’s support comes as Cuba faces a critical fuel shortage after the United States blocked shipments of Venezuelan oil. Photo: Reuters

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that Cuba has China’s full backing during a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, last Thursday in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Cuba warns airlines it’s almost out of fuel as US blockade tightens chokehold

A Turkish Airlines plane takes off at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba on Monday. Photo: AP

Cuba’s Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. Photo: AFP

A Turkish Airlines plane at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Monday. Photo: AFP

Tourists ride in an old American car used as a taxi in Havana. Photo: AFP

A Mexican naval ship with aid bound for Cuba. Photo: Reuters

US pledges food aid for Cuba while putting squeeze on fuel supply

People sit on the seawall in Regla, Cuba, across the bay from Havana. Photo: AP

Coffee vendor Lediam Lopez watches Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel on TV. Photo: Reuters

A tourist takes pictures of the US embassy in Havana, Cuba. Photo: AFP

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‘They have no money, they have no oil, they have no food,’ the president says, as the US puts pressure on the Communist-run island


‘They have no money, they have no oil, they have no food,’ the president says, as the US puts pressure on the Communist-run island.


Trump says US discussing ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba: ‘they’re in big trouble’

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}‘They have no money, they have no oil, they have no food,’ the president says, as the US puts pressure on the Communist-run island

‘They have no money, they have no oil, they have no food,’ the president says, as the US puts pressure on the Communist-run island