President Trump discusses the U.S. Department of Justice's indictment of former Cuban dictator Raul Castro, signaling a shift in U.S. policy toward Cuba. He emphasizes the humanitarian crisis in Cuba and the desire of Cuban Americans to see the nation freed. The report further suggests a strategic geopolitical trade-off where the U.S. may have deprioritized Taiwan to secure influence in Cuba.
James Kaufman will news report today.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have Cuba on our mind.
We're freeing Cuba.
This channel nailed what happened
at the U.S.-China meeting this week.
One major thing.
We gave up Taiwan to take Cuba.
And you better believe it happened.
We guessed it spot on.
President Trump on Wednesday spoke to reporters
at Joint Air Force Base Andrews following the Department
of Justice's indictment of former Cuban dictator Raul Castro,
where he celebrated the development and declared,
We have Cuba on our mind, quote, end quote.
Following his commencement speech early
at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut,
Trump walked up to reporters to discuss his big news.
Yes, just like this channel predicted,
the big news was, well, you get it now.
I was just watching. We have big news on Cuba,
as you know, with the indictment of Castro.
So a lot of people have suffered very big, very,
very at levels that few people would understand.
And I think the Cuban population of Miami and certainly beyond Miami,
people that came there that were decimated,
whose families were ruined, appreciate what
the attorney general just did today and was just doing now.
He's just watching it.
So, we have Cuba on our mind.
Very important.
It's been a lot of problem for a lot of years.
And this was a big — I think it was a very big
moment for people that — not only Cuban Americans,
but people that came from Cuba, that want to go back
to Cuba, people that want to see their family in Cuba.
I think this is a very big day, a very important day.
They supported me to the nth degree.
They supported me at levels that nobody has
ever seen before.
And so I think it's a very important moment.
The Press: What's coming next for Cuba?
The President: What we're going to see, it's a failing nation.
You see that, it's falling apart.
They have no oil, they have no money.
It's a failing nation, so I just can't tell you that.
But we're there to help.
We're there to help the families, the people.
And again, a lot of those people are related to me
in the sense that I've had such a great relationship
with Cuban Americans.
They supported me at a 94 percent level.
That's a pretty good level.
And, you know, their relatives are there.
So we got to, on a humanitarian basis,
we're there to help. Yeah.
Well, we have a lot of people there.
We had the CIA there.
We have — Marco is there.
Marco's parents, as you know, were from Cuba.
So we have a lot of expertise in Cuba.
And it's not going to be, like,
the biggest thing we've ever done.
But I will tell you, to a lot of people,
it's going to be one of the most important.
They've been looking for this moment for 65 years.
So we'll see what happens.
But in the meantime, we're going to have to help them out.
They have no way of living.
They have no food.
They have no electricity.
They have no energy at all.
But they do have great people.
They're a lot of great people.
I mean, I have so many Cuban friends in Miami —
mostly in Miami and Florida.
And they're unbelievable people.
They're unbelievable entrepreneurs.
And they'd like to go back.
I think they — hopefully, they're going to want to live here.
But they want to go back.
Maybe they'll invest.
We'll see what happens.
But we're freeing up Cuba.
Is the embargo having
to be in place on Cuba?
We'll see.
We'll be announcing it pretty soon.
Any escalation here?
Should they expect...
With Cuba?
No.
No, there won't be escalation.
I don't think there needs to be.
Look, the place is falling apart.
It's a mess.
And they've sort of lost control.
They've really lost control of Cuba.
I don't want to say that.
And just like World News Report today, guests,
guests out of the pure thin air, it's true.
Trump's going to take Cuba.
He had to get the okay from Xi and from Putin to do so.
Mark my words, period.
And you can say, bye, Taiwan.
They're now screwed.
I don't think they'll see the $11 billion worth
of arms that were being sent there.
that was put on hold, or the $14 billion package
that was also authorized and is also now on hold.
I think that we can all put together exactly what happened.
Trump traded Taiwan because, after all,
Nevada moved to Texas, right?
The only reason we really cared,
the only thing we couldn't replace,
moved and rebuilt in Texas.
and hey strategically strategically we want Cuba
and even more so than that China wants Taiwan
because Taiwan took all all of their industry
and put it on that little bitty island off the coast
so the ---- hits the fan well i guess it just did did
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