US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Cuban government was “a huge problem” when he was asked in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether the Trump administration’s next target was the Cuban government.Rubio is speaking to several US media outlets after the US launched an operation and removed the oil-rich country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
Asked to clarify whether his comment meant yes, Rubio said, “I think they’re in a lot of trouble.” “Yes,” he added. “I’m not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard. But I don’t think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime.”After the US attacked Venezuela and captured its longtime President on Saturday, allies including Russia and Iran were quick to criticise the strikes as a violation of sovereignty. During a meeting called on Saturday morning, the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, called the incident “an unacceptable, vulgar and barbarian kidnapping”. He said the US attack was an “act of state terrorism, comparable only to the crimes against humanity committed by Israeli Zionism in the Gaza Strip”. For the regime in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida, the attack on Venezuela also evoked more immediate memories. US troops twice occupied Cuba in the 20th century, and after Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution the CIA backed a string of attempts to topple the Communist govt, including the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, the Guardian reported.Addressing reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, Trump said Cuba was “not doing very well”, adding that the country’s people had “suffered for many, many years”.He added: “I think Cuba is going to be something we’ll end up talking about because Cuba is a failing nation right now. Very badly failing nation … We want to help the people in Cuba, but we want to also help the people that were forced out of Cuba and living in this country.”