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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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US President Donald Trump has said he would “certainly consider” using military force against Cuba, adding that he wants to “get Cuba done” before he leaves office in 2029.
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he → say → 2029
In a phone interview on Thursday with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, of Salem News Channel, Trump was asked whether he was considering “freeing Cuba” through a military intervention.
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he → ask → intervention
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Trump → condemn → punishment
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“I want to get Cuba done before I leave,” he said, adding that the administration was “watching it very closely”.
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administration → forge → it
Trump called the island “essentially a failed … place, nation, whatever you wanna call it”.
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you → call → it
Politico reported that it was the first time Trump had put a timeline on a possible operation.
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Trump → report → operation
Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose parents are from Cuba, “would love to do it”.
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parents → say → it
“I’d love to be able to do it for the people, for the Cubans that came and were treated really badly, and they came to America,” Trump said.
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Trump → love → America
He added that he won the Cuban vote in Florida by a wide margin.
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he → add → margin
Trump has repeatedly threatened to topple authorities in Cuba.
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Trump → threaten → Cuba
On Monday, he said Cuba “will fall fairly soon” and that the US would help it “on a humanitarian basis”.
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US → say → basis
In March, he said he believed he would have “the honour of taking Cuba”, making the remarks as the island’s power grid collapsed.
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grid → say → remarks
Trump put Cuba under a de facto oil blockade in January, after the US seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, and cut off Venezuelan oil to the island.
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US → put → island
He signed an executive order declaring Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the US and threatened tariffs on any country that supplied it with fuel.
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that → sign → fuel
The blockade has caused repeated nationwide blackouts, fuel and food shortages, and a humanitarian crisis.
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blockade → cause → blackouts
Cuban officials have called it “collective punishment”.
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officials → call → it
Washington has added sanctions, including on Cuba’s state oil company, President Miguel Diaz-Canel and relatives of former President Raul Castro, and announced a new round this month targeting 10 people and entities tied to the government, military and oil industry.
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Washington → add → government
The US has also issued an arrest warrant for Castro.
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US → issue → Castro
Officials from both sides have held talks on the blockade, but Cuba’s foreign minister said in June there had been “no progress”.
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minister → hold → June
In March, the head of US Southern Command told senators that US troops were not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba.
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troops → tell → Cuba
Cuban officials said the island was ready for any attack.
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island → say → attack
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