President Donald Trump said Friday during remarks in Florida that the United States would take over Cuba “almost immediately,” suggesting an aircraft carrier could be positioned offshore after the conflict in Iran.

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While the president’s comments appeared partly joking, they followed concrete policy action in the form of broadened sanctions.

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[–] 76 points 6 months ago (7 children)

After the conflict with Iran?

The conflict that you're currently "winning"?

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  • [–] 62 points 6 months ago

    Remember when our heads felt so quiet, because we were not constantly bombarded by the shit coming out of the president of the united states mouth? I miss that blessed time.

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  • [–] [S] 170 points 6 months ago (21 children)

    The article says "partly joking", but it would be insane to not take the US President seriously when he says stuff like that.

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    That's what we call sane washing. He's one of the most powerful people on the planet, his words have weight, this is not some crazy guy on the street corner.

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  • [+] 21 points 6 months ago (12 children)
  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Result is the US is not coming and any change has to happen inside the country.

    And the Cuban people overall like their government. Any pressing issues are wholly the fault of the USA, as far as can be assessed.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

    No they don't lmao. Only the old generations still alive after the Revolution when they kicked out the USA are still die-hards. Most of the younger to middle aged people in general hate the Cuban government. How couldn't they? They live the life while regular ppl have nothing due to the horrible sanctions by the USA. You don't win hearts and minds with poverty, hunger, disease and death.

    In regards to the sanctions: that's a crime against humanity for an island like Cuba.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I doubt the Cuban people blame their government for illegal USA sanctions.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Yes they do. Spent 2 months there in March last year.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    The US will use up all it's ammo on these operations and squander all it's goodwill with allies, then someone will probably attack it's interests around the world.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    suggesting an aircraft carrier could be positioned offshore after the conflict in Iran.

    Don't worry, the "conflict" in Iran isn't ending any time soon...

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    [–] 52 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Gotta distract from the failure of his pointless war in Iran by starting a new pointless war with a country that's more vulnerable...

    Fucking fascist.

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  • [+] 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 42 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    So now we're off to murder a whole bunch of innocent Cubans for literally no reason beyond that probably the president was paid by someone to do this, after which we'll break our nose bloody again and fail, after which we'll look like even bigger losers to the entire world, after which we'll just declare victory and leave.

    The US, ladies and gentlemen

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  • [–] 75 points 6 months ago

    Remember when we "couldn't" help Puerto Rico after Maria because Puerto Rico is an island, surrounded by big water, ocean water?

    Trump on Friday said the disaster relief effort in Puerto Rico is complicated because it is “surrounded by water.” “This is an island, surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water,” the president said during a speech in Washington on his tax plan.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    A three day special operation?

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  • [–] 65 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    In other news: the US is runnig out of ammo. Yeah sure, let's open up a new front.

    Dementeid old fool.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    the US is runnig out of ammo

    If I had a dollar for every time I read the "American military running out of ammo" story, I'd be richer than a Lockheed executive.

    Americans are so easily gaslit on this shit. You can jump out behind a corner shouting "We don't have enough tomahawk missiles!" and they'll reflexively hand you $20B.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    It's not that it can't be true they've expended a significant part of the stockpiles, it's more that the implication isn't that they won't be able to prosecute the ongoing or another war, just that they'll be somewhat limited by it and that if shit really hit the fan in the form of China for example they want to have a stab at it too then they could be in more trouble.

    Reminds me a lot of the similar stockpile counting with regards to Russia in Ukraine.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    they’ve expended a significant part of the stockpiles

    And they're using supplies faster than they're restocking. But they're also running out of targets and slowly Iran's capacity to fire ballistic missiles in kind.

    So we get hysterical coverage of what is normal and expected changes in munitions to drive stone broader narrative of military resumes and whose to blame.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    don't worry... he already forgot that he is at war with Iran. he has to be reminded of it hourly.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    don't worry...

    I know you're being sarcastic, but still. With the likes of him and Hegseth in change, I am constantly worried. Even if I do live in a country that is not currently being threatened directly by them.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Not the same kind of tools would be used in a war with Cuba. In this scenario, the US has already the homefield advantage by controlling the gulf of "America".

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  • [–] 60 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Because a communist country minding its own business while trying to provide for its people is evil, while a capitalist country bombing country after country non-stop for decades while trying to provide for a handful of billionaire sociopath pedophiles is good.

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago

    Trump will do anything to distract from the fact that he's all over the Epstein files.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    You can almost hear Hegseth's glee on the wind as life comes back to his whisky dick at the thought of an opportunity to mass murder more civilians.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago

    Peace President keeping up the peace with yet another war.

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago

    The Evil Empire is overextending.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    after the conflict in Iran.

    Sounds like they're safe then.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The biggest problem in Cuba is the blockade.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    He lost to Iran, if he loses to Cuba, that is going to be insane

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    he thinks he will outlive us

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago* (7 children)

    I hope Europe and Nato start working together with all smaller countries to form a new Nato to protect against American imperialism and American aggression. Cause together, diplomacy is better than force

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    You hope the impossible. Why would europe give up its imperial benefits for third world solidarity? Anyone that has truly shown third world solidarity were eastern bloc, ussr, etc

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Tankie right here. USSR did the same as US did. At least EU didn't invade any third-world country recently.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    No, USSR was miles better than US and its common sense opinion. Tell me how were they same?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Khrushchev and Brezhnev USSR (these were the ones that invaded the most) versus Eisenhower, Kennedy and LBJ (then the comparison gets bad with Nixon)

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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    Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan, Vietnam (debatable)

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Only Afghanistan was an invasion and I oppose it, soviets did wrong there. Hungary and Czechoslovakia wont be called invasion because it was to suppress a west backed coup, and death toll was nothing much, nor the duration. Vietnam certainly no, on the contrary they helped vietcong fight the french, american invaders and win the civil war

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Helping Marco Rubio fulfill his lifelong dream.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    He can only declare war for 60 days. Iran is up, Cuba next. Then Greenland, etc etc etc

    And even thats not legal, its using made up reasons.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Greenland is currently postponed cause we solidified it in the 150 billion EU-US trade deal, that trump made with ursula, Europe hasn't signed it yet, and added trump-proof guard rails, if trump threatens to take greenland one more time the deal is off the table. And maybe we should make a pact with south america and other nations against american imperialism, the new nato to protect against american aggression

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    😂 Do you have any shred of a plan this time? You sure Putin would let you?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Same plan as Iran:

    1. Send the US military to bomb a bunch of stuff.
    2. Iran Immediately folds and capitulates to all our demands.

    It’s the most bestest plan ever that only the brilliant minds of Trump & Hegseth could have come up with.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    It’ll be total control almost as fast as his total control over Iran.

    What’s the clear and present danger for this one again?

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