{"id":2598569,"date":"2026-05-04T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:19:00","slug":"trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftrump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba%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=2598569&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>The article argues that the trump administration has moved to prevent any Cuban government-led economic opening or reform by significantly expanding U.S. sanctions. It says a May 1 executive order blocks U.S.-based activity tied to multiple sectors of Cuba\u2019s economy, including energy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-silent-as-biden-contradicts-u-s-intelligence-on-china-remember-how-they-reacted-when-trump-did-that-on-russia\/\" title=\"Media Silent As Biden Contradicts U.S. Intelligence On China. Remember How They Reacted When Trump Did That On Russia?\">defense-related industries<\/a>, metals\/mining, financial services, and security-framing this as a deliberate tightening aimed at undermining a March 16 Cuban announcement about reforms that would allow more foreign investment, including from Cubans living abroad, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potentially expand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-sen-tester-canceling-keystone-pipeline-was-a-mistake\/\" title=\"Democrat Sen. Tester: Canceling Keystone pipeline was a mistake\">private property rights<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The piece connects the sanctions move to statements from Secretary of State Marco Rubio,who is portrayed as rejecting the possibility of meaningful reform under the current cuban communist leadership and describing Cuba as a \u201cfailed state.\u201d It also notes that on the same day as the executive order, Trump made remarks suggesting takeover of Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>it presents the administration\u2019s approach as consistent with a \u201csecurity-first\u201d doctrine for the Western Hemisphere (likened to a modern Monroe doctrine), and claims that U.S. policy now proceeds on the premise that Cuba\u2019s regime cannot reform and survive, while stating that attempts to solicit comment from an anti-communist Cuban-American institution were not answered.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6394086776112\">Fox News<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/04\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/04\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/04\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/04\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba&#038;body=&#039;Serious economic reforms are impossible with these people in charge.&#039; Rubio said. &#039;It can&#039;t happen.&#039;%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/04\/trump-goes-all-in-on-regime-change-in-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration just slammed the door on an effort by Cuba\u2019s communist government to secure an economic lifeline while appearing to embrace reform. A May 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/05\/imposing-sanctions-on-those-responsible-for-repression-in-cuba-and-for-threats-to-united-states-national-security-and-foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a> expands and sharpens longstanding American sanctions on Cuba, and appears to deliberately target a recent gesture at partially opening the Cuban economy. \u201cAll property and interests in property that are in the United States,\u201d the order says, are barred from operating \u201cin the energy, defense and related materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sector of the Cuban economy, or any other sector of the Cuban economy,\u201d under the penalty of economic sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>On March 16, in a bid for survival, the communist government of Cuba had announced a series of intended though vaguely executed reforms that would allow foreign investment in the island from Cubans living overseas. The reforms were to include a supposed expansion of private property rights. Deputy Prime Minister Oscar P\u00e9rez-Oliva Fraga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2026\/03\/16\/cuba-cuban-americans-invest-private-sector-us-talks\/89182059007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> that the country was \u201copen to maintaining a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1038932927\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked by email if the May 1 order was a deliberate response to the March 16 Cuban announcement, a State Department spokesman referred The Federalist to comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/04\/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-with-trey-yingst-of-fox-news-channel\/#:~:text=QUESTION%3A%C2%A0%20You,under%20President%20Trump.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made on April 27<\/a> by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/watch\/episode\/fmc-srll993bt5e6oiar\/secretary-rubio-on-the-road-to-peace-in-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long discussion<\/a> with Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst, Rubio rejected the possibility of reform under the current Cuban government, describing Cuba as \u201ca failed state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuba \u201ccan get better,\u201d the secretary of state added, but \u201cserious economic reforms are impossible with these people in charge.\u00a0It\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0happen.\u00a0And these people in charge\u00a0aren\u2019t\u00a0just economically incompetent.\u00a0They have rolled out the welcome mat to adversaries of the United States to\u00a0operate\u00a0within Cuban territory against our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">national interest<\/a> with impunity.\u00a0We are not going to have a foreign military or intelligence or security apparatus\u00a0operating\u00a0with impunity 90 miles off the shores of the United States.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0not going to happen under President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the same day that he signed the new executive order, Trump joked at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/white-house-event\/president-trump-speaks-at-forum-club-of-the-palm-beaches\/678475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speech in Florida<\/a> that he would be \u201ctaking over\u201d Cuba \u201calmost immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"neWMkzbsKqEyy4zJDfdZvQ1LDY5VTvn2fPjsCokI1LcO76XWO3NFCmSeGhTVt8wlcrR9AQjX4Iri830ENBglPhgFBYGu6tmA9K\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump Quips US Forces Will Take Over Cuba \u2018on the Way Back\u2019 From Iran: \u2018We&#039;ll Finish One First\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t19SW0VMe6w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The emerging \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gZIFX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donroe Doctrine<\/a>,\u201d a 21st-century version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/jd\/16321.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monroe Doctrine<\/a>, focuses American foreign policy on the security of the Western Hemisphere, directing force against threats and insecurity in the Americas. <\/p>\n<p>The Federalist asked the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pressure-fcc-to-let-george-soros-buy-up-conservative-spanish-radio-stations\/\" title=\"Democrats Pressure FCC to Let George Soros Buy Up Conservative Spanish Radio Stations\">anti-communist organization<\/a> of Cuban-Americans headquartered in Miami, for a comment on the May 1 executive order, but didn\u2019t get a reply in time for publication. The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.canf.org\/img\/assetsFile\/images\/Rebuilding-Cuba-A-Nation-on-Hold-A-Shared-Responsibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CANF newsletter<\/a>, from March, describes the Cuban government in the same terms used by Rubio, calling the Cuban government \u201ca system that cannot correct itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no adaptation. There is no opening. There is only control,\u201d CANF concluded.<\/p>\n<p>  American policy now proceeds on that same presumption. While it\u2019s unclear what the endgame will look like, the new policy of the United States government is that Cuba\u2019s communist government can\u2019t be allowed to reform and survive.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Chris Bray<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/chrisbray\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a 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