Cuban president hits back with savage response after Trump threatens to take over the country

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has issued a stinging response to Donald Trump after the US President threatened to take over his country.

It’s fair to say that he’s not happy with Trump’s attitude.

Donald Trump has been threatening other nations - including Cuba

After his excursion into Venezuela and Iran, Trump has been sabre-rattling with a number of other nations for a while now.

If it’s not one of those countries, it’s Greenland, or Canada, or - well - the list goes on.

Now, he’s turned his attention to Cuba and the government of the island nation aren’t happy.

After Trump threatened to invade, Díaz-Canel promised that any US incursion would be met with ‘impregnable resistance’ from Cuba.

On his social media account, he said: “Only in this way can the fierce economic war be explained, which is applied as collective punishment against the entire people.

“In the face of the worst scenario, Cuba is accompanied by a certainty: any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”

Trump has repeatedly threatened action against Cuba, which has been at loggerheads with the USA for decades, and recently said that the US government would be doing something in the country ‘very soon’.

Trump isn’t alone in his thoughts on Cuba - Marco Rubio has also commented

Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State and a Cuban-American himself, has also echoed Trump’s comments, saying that Cuba needs ‘new people in charge’.

He said: “Their economy doesn’t work…They’re in a lot of trouble, and the people in charge, they don’t know how to fix it, so they have to get new people in charge.”

In recent times, the Cuban economy has been in trouble because the US has cut off oil supplies, leading to power outages and a lack of ability to generate power.

However, in truth the battle between the two nations started as early as 1959, since Fidel Castro’s revolution.

It doesn't seem like things will be slowing down any time soon.

Donald Trump’s timeline with Cuba

Jan 2025

1. Trump signs new measures tightening the long-standing US embargo on Cuba, restricting travel, remittances, and financial transactions.

Late Jan 2026

1. Trump signs an executive order declaring Cuba a “threat to US national security.”
2. Launches a strategy to cut off Cuba’s oil supply by threatening tariffs on countries that export fuel to the island.

Jan–Feb 2026

1. US pressure leads to a collapse in fuel imports, contributing to blackouts and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

March 7, 2026 (Shield of the Americas Summit)

1. Trump warns of potential action against Cuba and links it to wider US security strategy in Latin America.

Mid-March 2026 (around March 16)

1. Trump says he expects to have the 'honour of taking Cuba' and claims: 'I can do anything I want.'
2. Suggests the possibility of regime change, including removing Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

March 16–17, 2026

1. Following a nationwide blackout in Cuba, Trump repeats rhetoric about 'taking' or 'freeing' Cuba.
2. US oil blockade blamed for worsening the island’s energy crisis and protests.

March 17–18, 2026

1. Trump signals possible 'imminent action against the Cuban government.

Administration continues pushing for political change while maintaining heavy economic pressure.

March 18–19, 2026

1. Reports emerge of Trump taking a more aggressive stance, including efforts to isolate Cuba internationally.
2. He is also linked to ongoing attempts to cut off energy supplies entirely, deepening shortages.

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