President Trump said Friday that he’s considering a “friendly takeover of Cuba” — saying that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is working on negotiations with Communist authorities on the island.
“The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you know. 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,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Texas.
“We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba after many, many years. We’ve had a lot of years of dealing with Cuba. I’ve been hearing about Cuba since I’m a little boy, but they’re in big trouble, and we could very well [do] something good, I think, very positive for the people that were expelled, or worse, from Cuba that live here.”
Trump added: “You know, we have people living here that want to go back to Cuba, and they’re very happy with what’s going on.”
When another reporter asked about Cuba, Trump added: “Marco Rubio is dealing on it, and at a very high level. And you know, they have no money, they have no oil, they have no food. And it’s really right now a nation in deep trouble, and they want our help.”