Donald Trump said that ‘Cuba is next’ following the war on Iran on his ‘peace through strength’ foreign policy plan.
The president made the remarks, before jokingly trying to pull them back, at a Saudi-backed business forum in Miami.
‘I campaigned on the fact, peace through strength, I said you’ll never have to use it but sometimes you have to use it,’ he said.
Trump had just been discussing his success with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January, as well as his victories in ‘protecting our allies’ in the Middle East.
‘And Cuba’s next, by the way,’ he said, to laughs in the room, before asking the media not to report.
‘Pretend I didn’t say that, please. Please, media, please, please, disregard that statement. Thank you very much.’
But he then reiterated it to the audience: ‘Cuba’s next.’
The president has frequently suggested he’d go after Cuba soon, even suggesting he would ‘have the honor of taking Cuba’ a couple of weeks ago.
Trump was joined at the event by his son Don Jr and his fiancée Bettina Anderson, as well as daughter Tiffany and her husband Michael Boulos.
He also shouted out advisors Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as well as FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
This is a developing story.
Donald Trump said that ‘Cuba is next’ following the war on Iran on his ‘peace through strength’ foreign policy plan
