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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:40 PM Monday

Trump says Cuba is 'ready to fall' after capture of Venezuela's Maduro

In the hours after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Trump already seemed to be setting his sights on another authoritarian regime in Latin America: the communist island of Cuba.

“Cuba looks like it is ready to fall,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

The president has issued warnings to several other countries and territories since Friday’s overnight operation in Venezuela — including Colombia, Mexico, Iran and Greenland. But Maduro’s downfall is most likely to directly affect Cuba, which has long staked its survival on massive aid packages from its oil-rich South American ally.

“I don’t know if they’re going to hold out, but Cuba now has no income,” Trump said Sunday. “They got all their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/article/trump-says-cuba-is-ready-to-fall-after-capture-of-venezuelas-maduro-194513219.html

So are you going to run Cuba along with Venezuela, Colombia, Canada and Greenland? Hope you can stay awake long enough.

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Rubio has been whispering in Trump's ear: "Cuba, Cuba, Cuba..." sop Monday #1
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