Trump slams Cuba’s communist regime, says ‘we will not rest’ until Cuban people have freedom
President Donald Trump issued a strong statement on Cuban Independence Day, condemning the communist regime in Cuba. He emphasized that the U.S. will not tolerate threats from rogue states close to its borders and vowed to support the Cuban people's fight for freedom. Trump's remarks coincided with the indictment of former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro over a past incident involving the Cuban Air Force.
- ▪Trump denounced Cuba's communist regime, calling it a betrayal of the nation's founding values.
- ▪He warned that the U.S. will take action against those who threaten its national security from the region.
- ▪The statement coincided with the indictment of former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro for a 1996 incident.
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News Trump slams Cuba’s communist regime, says ‘we will not rest’ until Cuban people have freedom ‘America will not tolerate a rogue state harboring hostile foreign military, intelligence and terror operations just ninety miles from the American homeland,’ Trump also said. President Donald TrumpAndrew Harnik/Getty Images AntoninoCambria 0 Antonino Cambria Comments 0 Thu May 21, 2026 - 2:10 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump issued a forceful statement to mark Cuban Independence Day on Wednesday, denouncing Cuba’s communist regime and declaring that “this is our hemisphere” and that threats to the United States will “face consequences.” In the May 20 statement for Cuba’s Independence Day, which marks the founding of Cuba’s first republic, Trump recalled the island’s long fight…
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