President Donald Trump is ready to set his sights on Cuba.
Trump told CNN Friday morning Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.”
“Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall, too. They want to make a deal so badly,” Trump said as he touted the U.S. military successes in his second term.
“They want to make a deal, and so I’m going to put Marco (Rubio) over there and we’ll see how that works out. We’re really focused on this one right now. We’ve got plenty of time, but Cuba’s ready — after 50 years,” he added, explaining that Iran is the current priority.
“I’ve been watching it for 50 years, and it’s fallen right into my lap because of me, it’s fallen, but it’s nevertheless fallen right into the lap. And we’re doing very well, l” the president said of Cuba.
On Thursday, Trump said it’s only a “question of time” before American Cubans can return to their home country.
This was an apparent hint that Cuba is next on his agenda.
“He’s doing some job, and your next one is going to be, we want to do that special Cuba,” Trump said, referring to Rubio. “He’s waiting. But he says, ‘Let’s get this one finished first.’ We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen. If you watch countries over the years, you do them all too fast, bad things happen. We’re not going to let anything bad happen to this country.”
