{"id":2605180,"date":"2026-05-20T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-were-freeing-up-cuba-following-raul-castro-indictment\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:44:33","slug":"trump-says-were-freeing-up-cuba-following-raul-castro-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-were-freeing-up-cuba-following-raul-castro-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says &#8216;we&#8217;re freeing up Cuba&#8217; following Raul Castro indictment"},"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%2Ftrump-says-were-freeing-up-cuba-following-raul-castro-indictment%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=2605180&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>President Donald Trump said the U.S.is \u201cfreeing up Cuba,\u201d while stressing he does not expect the change to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patrick-buchanan-china-pelosi-trip-to-taiwan-a-provocation\/\" title=\"Patrick Buchanan: China: Pelosi Trip to Taiwan a Provocation\">involve military action<\/a>. he pointed to Cuban Americans\u2019 political support and said the U.S. mission is to provide aid to the Cuban people, adding that an proclamation about the Cuban embargo is forthcoming.  <\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that Raul Castro has been indicted for the 1996 downing of two planes operated by Cuban exiles. Separately, Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a Spanish-language video urging Cubans to take control of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-biden-help-unite-america\/\" title=\"Can Biden Help Unite America?\">political system<\/a> and indicating the U.S. may provide up to $100 million in aid.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576342\/trump-israel-prime-minister\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> told reporters Wednesday that the United States is \u201cfreeing up <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"212\">Cuba<\/a>,\u201d but indicated that he does not believe it will require a military intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4576552\/trump-doj-indicts-raul-castro-over-1996-shootdown-of-us-civilian-planes\/\">Todd Blanche<\/a> announced an indictment of former first secretary Raul Castro, the brother of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in relation to the 1996 downing of two airplanes operated by Cuban exiles.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576402\/trump-kura-sushi-stock\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump\u2019s multimillion dollar sushi bet sends Japanese chain\u2019s stock soaring<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576342\/trump-israel-prime-minister\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump jokes he\u2019ll \u2018go to Israel and run for prime minister\u2019 after leaving White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576449\/trump-calls-republicans-replace-senate-parliamentarian\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump calls on Republicans to replace Senate parliamentarian<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576449\/trump-calls-republicans-replace-senate-parliamentarian\/\">Trump<\/a>, speaking on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, suggested the news marked \u201ca very big moment for people, not only Cuban Americans, but people that came from Cuba that want to go back to Cuba, and people that want to see their family in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump cited his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-foreign-influence-in-2020-election-nevada-secretary-of-state-caught-sending-voter-data-list-to-pakistani-firm-linked-to-isi\/\" title=\"Evidence of Foreign Influence in 2020 Election: Nevada Secretary of State Caught Sending Voter Data List to Pakistani Firm Linked to ISI\">strong support<\/a> among Cuban Americans in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-faces-doge-focused-opponent-in-ohio-governor-race-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy faces DOGE-focused opponent in Ohio governor race - Washington Examiner\">past political campaigns<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re unbelievable people, they\u2019re unbelievable entrepreneurs, and they\u2019d like to go back,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think that, hopefully, they\u2019re going to want to live here, but they want to go back \u2014 maybe they\u2019ll invest. We\u2019ll see what happens, but we\u2019re freeing up Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president added<\/a> that he didn\u2019t believe there would be an \u201cescalation\u201d in tension between the two countries, adding that the American mission was to provide aid to the Cuban people and that he would soon be making an announcement regarding the Cuban embargo.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4576552\/trump-doj-indicts-raul-castro-over-1996-shootdown-of-us-civilian-planes\/\"><strong>DOJ INDICTS RAUL CASTRO OVER 1996 SHOOTDOWN OF US CIVILIAN PLANES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American himself, released a Spanish-language video calling on the Cuban people to take control of their political system and suggesting that the United States was preparing up to $100 million in aid for the Cuban population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf owning your own business and having the right to vote is possible outside Cuba, why is it not possible for you inside Cuba?\u201d he posed in Spanish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said the U.S. is \u201cfreeing up Cuba\u201d and won\u2019t need military action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2605181,"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\/05\/AP26140692901143.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13954,80017,3634,35343],"class_list":["post-2605180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cuba","tag-raul-castro","tag-trump","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26140692901143.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605180","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605184,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605180\/revisions\/2605184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}