By Breaking Australian and World News Headlines – 9News
Publication Date: 2026-05-21 20:21:00
“Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years and done something,” Trump told reporters during an unrelated environmental event in the Oval Office when asked about Cuba on Thursday.
“And it looks like I’m going to be the one to do it. So I’d like to do it.”
He added that the U.S. wants to open Cuba “to Cuban Americans where they can go back and help.”
Trump did not answer questions about the aircraft carrier Nimitz reportedly entering the southern Caribbean on Wednesday. He also didn’t clarify exactly what he meant.
Still, the president’s comments differ from those made on Wednesday, when the president was asked about possible U.S. escalation in Cuba and suggested there would be no escalation.
He called Cuba a failed country and said, “They don’t have electricity. They don’t have money. They don’t actually have anything,” before adding, “We’re going to help them out.”
