President Trump Interested In "Friendly Takeover" Of Cuba Rather Than "Hostile Takeover" Of Cuba. What About Plebiscite?
/The White House
Washington DC
27 February 2026
Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017-2021, 2025-2029)
“The Cuban government is talking with us.”
“They have no money. They have no anything right now. But they’re talking to us, and maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”
“We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba.”
“is, to put it mildly, a failed nation”
“they want our help.”
“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.”
“I think (is) very positive for the people that were expelled, or worse, from Cuba and live here.”
