{"id":2558489,"date":"2026-01-30T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-president-calls-trump-admin-fascist-criminal-and-genocidal-clique-4\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:53:59","slug":"cuban-president-calls-trump-admin-fascist-criminal-and-genocidal-clique-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-president-calls-trump-admin-fascist-criminal-and-genocidal-clique-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban president calls Trump admin &#8216;fascist, criminal, and genocidal&#8217; clique"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcuban-president-calls-trump-admin-fascist-criminal-and-genocidal-clique-4%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2558489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz\u2011Canel sharply condemned President Donald Trump\u2019s new tariffs and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national\u2011emergency executive order<\/a>, calling the U.S. leadership \u201cfascist, criminal, and genocidal\u201d and accusing it of trying to \u201cstrangle\u201d Cuba\u2019s economy by targeting countries that sell oil to the island. The directive would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-president-calls-trump-admin-fascist-criminal-and-genocidal-clique\/\" title=\"...n president calls Trump admin &#039;..., criminal, and genocidal&#039; clique\">impose additional duties<\/a> on goods sent directly or indirectly to Cuba; the White House cited alleged Cuban cooperation with adversaries such as Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah as justification. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he would welcome regime change in Cuba, and Mexico has already halted oil shipments amid the dispute. The measures come <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portlands-mayor-extends-state-of-emergency-amid-antifa-blm-terror-after-chauvin-trial\/\" title=\"Portland\u2019s mayor extends ... of emergency amid Antifa, BLM terror after Chauvin trial\">amid heightened tensions<\/a> after a recent U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 an action Cuba says killed about 32 Cuban officers \u2014 further deepening the rift between Havana and Washington.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Cuban president calls Trump admin &lsquo;fascist, criminal, and genocidal&rsquo; over new tariffs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2489384\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4414595\/cuban-president-no-conversations-with-trump\/\">Cuban President Miguel D&iacute;az-Canel<\/a> did not mince words on Friday when he reacted to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s latest round of economic punishments on the communist island nation.<\/p>\n<p>Condemning the White House&rsquo;s new round of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\">tariffs<\/a> on Cuban imports, he lambasted the administration as a &ldquo;clique&rdquo; run by &ldquo;fascist, criminal, and genocidal&rdquo; leaders who have &ldquo;hijacked the interests of the American people for purely personal ends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4440323\/israel-rafah-border-crossing-reopens\/\">Israel to reopen Rafah border crossing on Sunday<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4440034\/trump-canada-tariff-gulfstream-certification\/\">Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff in Gulfstream certification dispute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4439143\/trump-orders-immediate-relaunch-commercial-flights-venezuela\/\">Trump orders immediate relaunch of commercial flights to Venezuela<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Under a mendacious and empty pretext, devoid of arguments, peddled by those who engage in politics and enrich themselves at the expense of the suffering of our people, Trump seeks to strangle the Cuban economy by imposing tariffs on countries that sovereignly trade oil with Cuba,&rdquo; D&iacute;az-Canel said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel marches during a rally to protest the killing of Cuban officers during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Ramon Espinosa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4440081\/trump-national-emergency-cuba-tariffs\/\">signed an executive order<\/a> on Thursday declaring a national emergency over alleged support from Cuba toward &ldquo;malign actors adverse to the United States.&rdquo; The directive aims to create a &ldquo;tariff system&rdquo; with an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declares-national-emergency-over-cuba-threatens-tariffs\/\" title=\"Trump declares ... over ..., threatens ...\">additional ad valorem duty&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on goods sold directly or indirectly to Cuba, including oil.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t the Secretary of State and his clowns keep saying the blockade didn&rsquo;t exist? Where are those who bore us with their fake stories about it just being a simple &lsquo;bilateral trade embargo?&#8217;&rdquo; the president asked.<\/p>\n<p>The White House accused the Cuban government of illicit cooperation with powers such as Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Cuba blatantly hosts dangerous adversaries of the United States, inviting them to base sophisticated military and intelligence capabilities in Cuba that directly threaten the national security of the United States,&rdquo; the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/01\/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba\/\">directive <\/a>stated.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been unambiguous about his desire to see the Cuban regime ousted and replaced with a noncommunist government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Regime change? Oh no, I think we would love to see the regime there change,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4437294\/rubio-trump-administration-love-regime-change-cuba\/\">Rubio said<\/a> at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday when asked if the administration would rule out regime change. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrives to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo\/Ramon Espinosa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued: &ldquo;That doesn&rsquo;t mean we are going to make a change, but we would love to see a change. There&rsquo;s no doubt about the fact that it would be of great benefit to the United States if Cuba was no longer governed by an autocratic regime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4436755\/mexico-halts-oil-shipments-cuba-trump-eyes-regime-change\/\">MEXICO HALTS OIL SHIPMENTS TO CUBA AS TRUMP EYES REGIME CHANGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The long-tense relationship between Cuba and the U.S. deteriorated further following the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4406292\/why-maduro-capture-major-crisis-for-cuba\/\">Trump-ordered abduction<\/a> of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 32 Cuban officers were allegedly killed in the operation, having been stationed in the country as part of Maduro&rsquo;s security detail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diaz-Canel calls Trump govt &#8216;fascist, genocidal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2558490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26016541319650.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13954,72328,32640],"class_list":["post-2558489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cuba","tag-diaz-canel","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26016541319650.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2558489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2558493,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558489\/revisions\/2558493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2558489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2558489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2558489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}