Trump says Cuba is soon going to fall: ‘I’m going to put Marco over there’
US President Donald Trump told CNN on Friday morning (Saturday morning AEDT) that Cuba "is going to fall pretty soon".
"Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too. They want to make a deal so badly," he told CNN's Dana Bash in a phone interview when touting US military success in his second term.
"They want to make a deal, and so I'm going to put Marco [Rubio] over there and we'll see how that works out. We're really focused on this one right now. We've got plenty of time, but Cuba's ready — after 50 years," he added, explaining that Iran is the current priority.
US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on January 29. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images via CNN Newsource)
He added of Cuba: "I've been watc...