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Force in Play

Active intermediary in US-Cuba negotiations

On May 1, Trump signed Executive Order 14404, targeting GAESA, Cuba's military conglomerate controlling roughly 40% of the island's economy, with secondary sanctions and giving foreign companies until June 5 to exit. That evening in Florida, he told a crowd the US would take Cuba 'almost immediately' after Iran, describing a carrier stopping offshore until Havana 'gives up.'

Updated 7 days ago