Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one’ to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

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Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one’ to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

Issued on: 22/05/2026 - 16:01

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President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U.S. presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.” He’d suggested the opposite a day earlier, however, saying further escalation isn’t necessary after federal prosecutors announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles.

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