World Trump floats 'friendly takeover' of Cuba. What's his endgame? [View all]

U.S. President Donald Trump is musing about a "friendly takeover of Cuba" as his administration tightens its economic squeeze on the island's communist government.

Trump has moved to choke off much of Cuba's supply of crude oil, decimating the island's tourist industry and putting mounting pressure on the Cuban government to make some sort of deal with the White House.

"They're in a big deal of trouble," ‌Trump said Friday in Washington. "They have ⁠no money. They have ⁠no anything right now, ⁠but ⁠they're talking with us, and maybe ⁠we'll have a friendly takeover of Cuba."

While Trump did not explain what he meant by a friendly takeover, experts on U.S. policy toward Cuba believe the president's tactics are likely more about creating business opportunities for American companies than about toppling the communist regime of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

Trump said last week he wants to "make a deal" with the Cuban authorities and said Secretary of State Marco Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants — is leading the talks.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-us-cuba-strategy-9.7095719

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