{"id":2576678,"date":"2026-03-05T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-on-possible-takeover-of-cuba-they-want-to-make-a-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:46:17","slug":"president-trump-on-possible-takeover-of-cuba-they-want-to-make-a-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-on-possible-takeover-of-cuba-they-want-to-make-a-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump on Possible Takeover of Cuba: &#8216;They Want to Make a Deal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fpresident-trump-on-possible-takeover-of-cuba-they-want-to-make-a-deal%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=2576678&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>Former President Donald Trump,in a politico interview,suggested the United States could intervene in Cuba,arguing that the regime is likely too fall and that Cuba\u2019s problems have been intensified by cutting off oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-corporations-consider-blocking-monetary-support-to-gop\/\" title=\"U.S. corporations consider blocking monetary support to GOP\">financial support<\/a> from Venezuela,which he says was its sole source of fuel. He claimed U.S. officials are in contact with Cuba\u2019s leadership as chaos grips the island. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader foreign-policy frame<\/a>, Trump said he would have a major role in shaping Iran\u2019s leadership after the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, aiming to help install a leader who can govern without nuclear weapons and describing Iran\u2019s military as largely decimated while portraying U.S. operations as surgical and enduring. He referenced potential successors to Khamenei and suggested Washington should work with Iran to ensure the right choice, arguing this approach could prevent repeating such conflicts in the future. He claimed broad public support for these measures and framed U.S. actions as taking out a major threat to the United States.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at a potential U.S. intervention in Cuba during an interview with the Beltway news outlet Politico.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are loving what&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/05\/trump-unleashed-president-bullish-on-iran-eyeing-regime-change-in-cuba-and-impatient-with-ukraine-00814292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump said<\/a>. &ldquo;Cuba&rsquo;s going to fall, too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And they want to make a deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Trump was asked about how big a role the United States is playing in the downfall of Cuba&rsquo;s communist regime,&nbsp; Trump replied: &ldquo;Well, what do you think? For 50 years, that&rsquo;s icing on the cake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that U.S. officials are in communication with Cuba&rsquo;s leadership, as the country has been in chaos since U.S. forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-troops-bum-rushed-maduro-fast-capture-couldnt-even-make-safe-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captured Venezuela&rsquo;s now-former leader<\/a>, Nicol&aacute;s Maduro. Venezuela was a major supplier of oil and other fuel to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They need help. We are talking to Cuba,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president also took credit for cutting off the Venezuelan oil supply to Cuba and pushing the island&rsquo;s government to the brink.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s because of my intervention, intervention that is happening,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Obviously, otherwise they wouldn&rsquo;t have this problem. We cut off all oil, all money &hellip; everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How long have you been hearing about Cuba &mdash; Cuba, Cuba &mdash; for 50 years?&rdquo; he asked. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s one of the small ones for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Venezuela and Cuba, Trump is spearheading attacks on Iran, and said he will be heavily involved in choosing the nation&rsquo;s new leader, following the death of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/favor-returned-israel-takes-irans-khamenei-jews-mark-2500-years-since-saved-persian-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an Israeli air strike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to have a big impact, or they&rsquo;re not going to have any settlement, because we&rsquo;re not going to have to go do this again,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll work with the people and the regime to make sure that somebody gets there that can nicely build Iran, but without nuclear weapons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Trump commented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/iran-assembly-experts-divided-over-153157436.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on news reports<\/a> claiming Khamenei&rsquo;s one of Khamenei&rsquo;s sons, Motjava Khamenei, is in contention to succeed his father.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, they&rsquo;re looking at the son,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;The reason the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanley-kubricks-daughter-gives-full-throated-endorsement-to-trump-slashes-woke-globalists\/\" title=\"Stanley Kubrick&#039;s Daughter Gives Full...Throated Endorsement to ..., Slashes Woke Globalists\">father wouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t give it to the son is they say he&rsquo;s incompetent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump stressed how important it will be for the U.S. to &ldquo;work with [Iran] to help them make the proper choice,&rdquo; because he wants to avoid &ldquo;having to do this again in another 10 years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are loving what&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re taking out a threat to the United States of America, major threat, &hellip; and doing it like nobody&rsquo;s ever seen before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also described American military operations as carefully targeted, and with possessed of the wherewithal to keep going as long as it takes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re being surgical,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We have an unlimited supply of weapons, unlimited&hellip; We have thousands, thousands, of them.<\/p>\n<p>And he stressed Iran&rsquo;s inability to continue resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have no navy. 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He claimed the U.S. has cut off oil, money, or everything coming from Venezuela, Cuba\u2019s main supplier, and suggested Cuba would seek a deal. When asked about the U.S. role in overthrowing Cuba\u2019s communist government, he replied that after 50 years that situation is like \u201cicing on the cake.\u201d He added that U.S. officials are in touch with Cuba\u2019s leadership as chaos has grown since Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s ouster in Venezuela, a country that had supplied Cuba with oil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He asserted that Cuba needs help and that the U.S. is talking with its leadership, taking credit for cutting off Venezuelan oil and other support to push the island toward change. 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