Trump already eyeing another war before he leaves office

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The remarks came hours after the president ordered Vice President JD Vance to abandon ceasefire negotiations with Tehran and focus instead on investigating alleged fraud in Democratic-led states

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President Donald Trump said he would consider ordering a military campaign against Cuba before the end of his term, even as his administration pulls back from diplomatic talks over the war with Iran following recent midterm election losses.

In an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Trump said he wanted to “get Cuba done” before leaving office and suggested Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose parents immigrated from the island, would be eager to take on the effort.

“Well, I want to get Cuba done before I leave, yeah,” Trump told Hewitt when asked if he would order military force to free Cuba. “And we have a very good, talented guy for Cuba named Marco. Because Marco’s parents are from, Marco Rubio, his parents are from Cuba as you probably know. And he would love to do that.”

Trump described Cuba as a “failed” nation and said he was watching the situation closely, pointing to his past electoral support among Cuban Americans in Florida.

“I would like to be able to do it,” Trump said. “I won the Cuban vote by 94% in Florida, and I think I’m more popular now than I was then. And frankly, 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.”

When Hewitt pressed him on whether he would approve a brief military operation — specifically asking if he would be comfortable with “a little bit of military force, a week campaign” — Trump replied: “I would be, I would certainly consider that, yes.”

The president's remarks on Cuba come as the White House shifts its approach to the ongoing war with Iran, which began on February 28 when the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes.

Earlier Thursday morning, Trump announced in a series of Truth Social posts that he had instructed Vice President JD Vance to abandon diplomatic negotiations with Tehran and focus instead on investigating alleged…

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