President Donald Trump delivered a clear warning to Cuba on Sunday, urging the communist island nation to make a deal with the United States and saying that there would be nor more “oil or money” going to Cuba from Venezuela.
The president took to his Truth Social platform to lay out his thoughts on the matter, saying also that because the United States had arrested Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, there was no longer a need for Cuban security services to defend his regime.
“Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela,” Trump explained. “In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE!”
Trump went on to note that the United States had quickly dispatched the Cubans providing security to the Maduro regime when American military operators had extracted the former dictator a week prior.
“Most of those Cubans are DEAD from last week’s U.S.A. attack, and Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump explained. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”
“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” he declared. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT.”
Just hours earlier, the president shared a post from conservative columnist Marc Thiessen, who said, “The Cuban regime has survived every president since Eisenhower. Wouldn’t it be something if that streak ended with Donald Trump?”
When jokes followed about Secretary of State Marco Rubio soon becoming President of Cuba, Trump responded simply, “Sounds good to me.”
And on Saturday evening, Trump shared another post stating that interim leaders in Venezuela were already moving to cooperate with American interests and had begun to free political prisoners — despite previously claiming under Maduro that Venezuela did not hold prisoners for political reasons.
“Venezuela has started the process, in a BIG WAY, of releasing their political prisoners. Thank you! I hope those prisoners will remember how lucky they got that the USA came along and did what had to be done. I HOPE THEY NEVER FORGET! If they do, it will not be good for them,” Trump warned on Saturday.
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