Is Cuba Trump’s Next Target?
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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Since the beginning of this year, President Trump has turned sharply from his promised focus on domestic issues, America first. to a series of foreign military adventures that have shocked many of his own supporters and much of the world.
In January there was the invasion of Venezuela and the seizure of its president, Nicolas Maduro. Then came the threatened invasion of Greenland. And now there's a war with Iran that has engulfed the Middle East killed many hundreds of people, and threatens the entire global economy. And yet no sooner was the bombing of Iran underway that Trump and some of his allies began teasing a new move.
Taking Cuba that'd be good honor that's a big honor. Taking Cuba. Taking Cuba in some form, yeah. Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it,
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