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“Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall,” he said. “Cuba now has no income. They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil. They’re not getting any of it. Cuba literally is ready to fall.”
As for whether he’d send his troops to intervene with power in Cuba, he claimed that it would be unnecessary.
Finally, Trump turned his attention south of the border once more, firing a warning shot at Mexico and claiming the country ‘has to get their act together because they’re [drugs] pouring through Mexico and we’re going to have to do something’.
He said that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is a ‘terrific person’, adding: “But unfortunately, the cartels are very strong in Mexico.”
Following the manner in which Maduro was captured, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Spain issued a joint statement condemning Trump’s actions.
It read in part: “We express our profound concern and firmly reject the military actions undertaken unilaterally in Venezuelan territory.
“These actions contravene fundamental principles of international law, particularly the prohibition on the use or threat of force, and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, as enshrined in the UN Charter.
“They constitute an extremely dangerous precedent for peace and regional security and endanger the civilian population.”
