Plans for military action against Cuba are under discussion by top Trump administration officials, according to a report by Axios.
The outlet claimed officials say the administration has “war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos.”
“Last month, U.S. Southern Command, which oversees military operations in the Caribbean, held a multiagency ‘tabletop’ exercise to prepare for military action in Cuba, one of the senior U.S. officials said,” Axios reported.
“Everything is on the table, but no invasion is planned or imminent,” the official told the outlet. “When POTUS says go, we’re ready for anything.”
🇺🇸🇨🇺 The Trump administration is preparing for Cuba’s collapse as early as this summer and has war-gamed military response plans.
– Officials describe the strategy as “accelerationism”: collapse in stages, not all at once
– Maduro’s seizure in January cut off Venezuela’s free… https://t.co/26jhpQcawm pic.twitter.com/ap753EMUzM— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 28, 2026
Current economic and other circumstances could lead to unrest, as some officials believe.
“It’s going to be hot,” one source told Axios. “People won’t have electricity. Food spoils without refrigeration. People get angry. They can take to the streets. And then what happens? I can’t see the president doing nothing if there’s repression.”
Another source described as a Trump adviser by the outlet disagreed: “The president does not want boots on the ground for more than 48 hours. It’s a quagmire in the making. This could get messy.”
“Iran’s not finished, and the president is not in a rush,” a senior administration official was quoted in the report. “Trump wants to exhaust all the levers that he can. But at this point, there aren’t as many levers as before.”
“We have a pretty deep toolbox,” another remarked, “especially when it comes to sanctions and enforcing them. More is on the way.”
SECRETARY RUBIO: Cuba is in a lot of trouble because unfortunately for them it’s run by a bunch of incompetent communists.
We want something good for the Cuban people. Having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States. pic.twitter.com/cjeUoYIinv
— Department of State (@StateDept) May 27, 2026
One official pointed to the president’s handling of Cuba as “classic Trump: Push your enemy off balance. It’s pressure, watch the response, apply more pressure, watch the response, apply more pressure.”
“We’ve never seen this kind of pressure,” ex-Treasury official Max Meizlish said. “It’s an entirely new ballgame.”
One senior administration official told the outlet that the approach could be described as “accelerationism.”
“But we don’t want to kill off the regime just yet. There’s a method to this. It’s in stages,” the official said.
“We have time. The regime doesn’t,” another noted.
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