Trump revives the idea of military intervention in Cuba after the Iran war

Summary

President Donald Trump told a rally for candidates in South Florida on Friday 23 October that U.S. warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war, PBS NewsHour reported, calling it the latest suggestion by Trump of taking an interventionist approach to the nearby country. The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported that Trump revived the idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran, the Inquirer adding that moments after Trump spoke at the rally, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on social media that 'now is the time' for action on Cuba. On Saturday 24 October Fortune reported that Trump suggested U.S. warships 'do a little stopover' in Cuba after the Iran war while Rubio pushes Cubans toward a 'discrete partnership with the CIA', writing that Rubio and Trump have both been bullish on action in Cuba, with Trump previously suggesting the country would 'be next' in terms of intervention abroad.

Latest: ABC News reported that President Donald Trump revived the idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran at a South Florida rally, and Fortune that Trump suggested U.S. warships 'do a little stopover' in Cuba while Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushes Cubans toward a 'discrete partnership with the CIA', Rubio and Trump having both been bullish on action in Cuba.

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