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3Hotdogs

(15,033 posts)
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 04:17 PM Sunday

Cuba is next. It will guarantee Republican votes in November,

as the grandkids of Cuban refugees look forward to going to Cuba to claim the land, '50's cars and whatever their grandparents abandoned when Fidel took power from Dictator Batista.


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herding cats

(19,974 posts)
11. He basically just said as much.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 08:31 PM
Sunday
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump said that “Cuba looks like it is ready to fall,” adding: “I don’t know if they’re going to hold out, but Cuba now has no income. They got all their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil.”


His plan is to destroy their economy and bring them to their knees. Which won't be difficult considering they're barely limping along as it is.

Diraven

(1,826 posts)
3. Like Trump would give away that land
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 04:49 PM
Sunday

If Trump does invade Cuba he's keeping all the prime beachfront property for the Trump Org and Jared Kushner's Saudi venture capital company.

newdeal2

(4,794 posts)
4. How motivating is the Cuba issue anymore?
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 04:57 PM
Sunday

Besides maybe in Florida, which already has been completely taken over by MAGA so nothing gained really.

I do think he will do something in Cuba eventually if he can get away with it.

3Hotdogs

(15,033 posts)
5. Note - three Democratic congress critters praised Anal Fistula's attack on Venezuela.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 04:59 PM
Sunday

All three represent Florida districts.

fujiyamasan

(1,227 posts)
9. Meh, it guarantees a few seats in Florida but those were mostly safe anyways
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 08:14 PM
Sunday

The state is fucked for democrats at this point.

Outside of there? No one gives a fuck about Cuba or Venezuela. What about Epstein? And more importantly why can’t I afford to enjoy a meal out with my family? What about the price of them eggs? wtf is up with rent and the cost of living? Why are republicans raising the price of my health insurance premiums?

Dems should stop pandering to expat voters whose main concern isn’t the the welfare of the US but rather the country they left. I still think Biden’s biggest mistake was letting so many Venezuelans claim asylum. It was mostly bullshit.

Jack Valentino

(4,375 posts)
12. Almost all of such Cuban-connected voters to whom that would make any difference
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 11:15 PM
Sunday

reside in the one state of Florida, and already vote for Republicans,
and the Democrats have already been losing there for some time.

I suggest that to the REST of our country, it would be an entirely different matter
that would keep maggot voters at home on election day---
especially those who took Trump seriously when he said
no more nation-building wars

So in other words, Trump would not profit in the least
by attempting to apply the Venezuela treatment to Cuba, IMHO.


SMALL HANDS OFF:
Venezuela, Cuba, Greenland, Colombia, Iran, Gaza

and anywhere else: NO MORE IRAQ WARS!







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