President Donald Trump isn’t taking his eyes off Cuba, telling reporters. “I can do anything I want with it.”
The comments come as the president was taking questions from the press in the Oval Office, with Fox News’s Peter Doocy asking
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Trump: Cuba, it’s a beautiful island. Great weather. I will be having the honor of taking Cuba. Whether I free it, take it. I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth pic.twitter.com/Po7J9tJMr2
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 16, 2026
“I was just with a fantastic person who’s Cuban, and made a fortune in sugar,” Trump explained. “And this family wants to go back to Cuba to visit it. They haven’t been back in like 50 years or something; they largely come from Cuba. We’ll see what happens. They were asking me about that.”
“A lot of Cubans have said, oh boy, would they love to go back. I think Cuba, in its own way, for tourism and everything else, it’s a beautiful island. Great weather, they’re not in a hurricane zone, which is nice for a change,” he chuckled. “They won’t be asking us for money for hurricanes every week. You know, all my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. ‘When will the United States do it?’ I do believe I will have the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big honor.”
“Taking Cuba?” Doocy asked.
“Taking Cuba in some form, yeah. Whether I free it, take it. I think I can do anything I want with it if you wanna know the truth,” the president said. “They’re a very weakened nation. They were for a long time. Very violent leaders, Castro was a violent leader, his brother’s a very violent leader. That’s how they govern, with violence. But a lot of people would like to go back.”
X users reacted:
Trump has broken something BIG, and the system is crashing down with no resistance now.
— JKash 🍊MAGA Queen (@JKash000) March 16, 2026
Let’s make Cuba the 51 State.
Freedom for Cuba!!!!— INOX🇺🇸🇨🇺🇮🇱 (@StainlesSteel10) March 16, 2026
We don’t want Cuba if it’s going to become another welfare state like Puerto Rico.
— MissAnneThrope (@StephanieHefli7) March 16, 2026
As long as it help those poor people who have suffered long enough.
— Farm Idaho (@ryanjones137106) March 16, 2026
Yes please take it. Take it from the dictators. Free it, annex it, invest on it like Puerto Rico but do something. The entire Cuban people will thank you forever.
— Yandy Gonzalez Mayor (@YandyGM_85) March 16, 2026
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