{"id":2605613,"date":"2026-05-21T16:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-deploying-aircraft-carrier-to-intimidate-cuba\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:26:08","slug":"trump-denies-deploying-aircraft-carrier-to-intimidate-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-deploying-aircraft-carrier-to-intimidate-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump denies deploying aircraft carrier to intimidate Cuba"},"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\">16<\/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-denies-deploying-aircraft-carrier-to-intimidate-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=2605613&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 denied that deploying a U.S.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >aircraft carrier strike group<\/a> to the Caribbean was meant to intimidate Cuba. He said the United States is acting on a humanitarian basis, describing Cuba as a failing, isolated country lacking basic necessities, and he pointed to the Cuban American community, especially in Miami, as part of his motivation to help.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also commented after the Justice Department announcement that federal prosecutors had indicted former cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro and five others. The indictment is tied to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue attacks, including allegations such as conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals and destruction of aircraft. While Trump indicated he did not expect or threaten \u201cescalation\u201d with Cuba, he suggested the U.S. is \u201cfreeing up Cuba\u201d and dismissed comparisons to the U.S.handling of Venezuela\u2019s Nicolas Maduro.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\"> Donald Trump <\/a>denied that he deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean to intimidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"212\">Cuba<\/a> one day after his<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"167\"> Justice Department<\/a> indicted former Cuban President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raul-castro\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3521\">Raul Castro.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, not at all,\u201d Trump told reporters at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House <\/a>on Thursday when asked if the deployment was an intimidation tactic. <\/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\/4578144\/trump-unsure-losing-control-senate-gop\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump doesn\u2019t know if he\u2019s \u2018losing control\u2019 of Senate GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4577640\/watch-live-trump-lee-zeldin-announcement-white-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump and EPA chief Lee Zeldin make an announcement at the White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576980\/trump-may-release-tax-returns-irs-settlement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump \u2018may release\u2019 his tax returns after IRS settlement<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, describing U.S. action in Cuba as humanitarian, called the isolated communist nation \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-bay-mexican-crime-cartels-wage-narcotic-and-demographic-war-on-usa\/\" title=\"Austin Bay: Mexican Crime Cartels Wage Narcotic and Demographic War on USA\">failed country<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey don\u2019t have electricity, they don\u2019t have money; they don\u2019t have really anything, they don\u2019t have food,\u201d the president said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to help them because I want to help them on a humanitarian basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: \u201cWe have the Cuban American population, much of it living in Miami, Florida, that\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-kelly-calls-for-allys-resignation-following-child-sex-abuse-charges\/\" title=\"Mark Kelly Calls for Ally\u2019s Resignation Following Child Sex Abuse Charges\">great group<\/a> of people, amazing group of people, industrious, just they\u2019re great Americans. They\u2019ve wanted this stuff, and they want to go back to their country; they want to help their country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump welcomed acting Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20883\">Todd Blanche\u2019s<\/a> announcement on Wednesday that federal prosecutors had indicted Castro, 94, and five others. The indictment is connected to the Feb. 24, 1996, attack on two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dramatic-rescue-boeing-cargo-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-waters-off-of-hawaii\/\" title=\"Dramatic Rescue: Boeing Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Waters Off Of Hawaii\">aircraft operated<\/a> by the Miami-based Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Charges include conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals and destruction of aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, speaking on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, downplayed the prospect of an \u201cescalation\u201d between the U.S. and Cuba, but told reporters, \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens, but we\u2019re freeing up Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In answer to a question from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perfectly-comfortable-with-settling-white-house-cleans-up-after-biden-dismisses-report-about-paying-migrants-separated-at-border\/\" title=\"\u2018Perfectly Comfortable\u2019 With Settling: ... Cleans Up After Biden Dismisses Report About Paying Migrants Separated At Border\">president dismissed<\/a> the idea of the U.S. arresting in the same manner in which it detained former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4575263\/lawfare-compensation-fund-threatens-to-reopen-jan-6-debate-for-republicans\/\"><strong>LAWFARE COMPENSATION FUND THREATENS TO REOPEN JAN. 6 DEBATE FOR REPUBLICANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to say that,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>USS Nimitz<\/em> and three escort warships entered the southern Caribbean Sea on Wednesday shortly after Blanche\u2019s announcement, which was made in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump denies carrier deployment to intimidate Cuba after Raul Castro indictment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2605616,"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\/AP26141591587659.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[37854,13954,3634,12314],"class_list":["post-2605613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-aircraft-carrier","tag-cuba","tag-trump","tag-u-s-military"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26141591587659.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605613","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605618,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605613\/revisions\/2605618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}