Fresh off a U.S. strike that toppled Venezuela, the Trump administration is already scanning the neighborhood for its next target. A day after capturing Nicolas Maduro, Marco Rubio handed us the next chapter in this geopolitical sitcom: Cuba.
On NBC’s Meet the Press on Jan. 4, host Kristen Welker bluntly asked Rubio whether Cuba is the administration’s next target. And Rubio did not say no. Instead, he described the Cuban government as “a huge problem” and said it was “in a lot of trouble.” Welker tried again to get a yes or no, but Rubio declined to outline specific future actions. But importantly, he clearly outlined the administration’s hostility toward the regime:
