President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will take over Cuba "almost immediately," suggesting that a US aircraft carrier could be deployed offshore to force the island nation into submission. "Cuba, which we will be taking over almost immediately," Trump declared at an event in Florida, claiming that "Cubans got problems."
Trump indicated that the move would follow the US-Israeli war on Iran, stating that Washington would deploy a naval vessel on the return journey. "On the way back from Iran, we'll have one of our big, maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the biggest in the world, we'll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore," he said.
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Trump further suggested that the show of force alone would make Cuba surrender, as he claimed: "They'll say 'thank you very much. We give up,'" adding: "I like to finish a job."
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On Friday, Trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions on individuals and entities linked to Cuba, citing concerns over threats to US national security and foreign policy. He repeatedly said that Cuba is "next" after the military operation against Iran and that the Caribbean island will fail "soon."
