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Trump says he’ll have the ‘honor of taking Cuba’ and can do ‘anything I want with it’
(www.independent.co.uk)
Someone should tell Trump that Cuba is older than 16.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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Cuban expats are a popular target for human trafficking. Come down to Houston or Miami and you'll find Cuban migrants all over the strip club scene.
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Trump is an evil evil man, anybody who can't see that is a sociopath or worse.
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He's talking awfully big for a guy getting his ass kicked by a country with a depleted military.
a guy getting his ass kicked
The Americans and Israelis have massacred an extraordinarily large number of people, demolished billions in critical infrastructure, and plunged the country into a bleak future of warlordism, poverty, and famine.
It cannot be adequately expressed how nightmarish life will become in Iran in the next few months, without a globally organized relief campaign.
What they've accomplished militarily is impressive, but it hasn't come anywhere close to breaking the genocidal grip of the imperialist powers around their collective throats.
Military force kills people and breaks things. The US military is incredibly good at this. Wielding the power of destruction in a manner that produces positive outcomes is the job of politicians, and the Executive Branch happens to be incredibly bad at this.
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This man is a Tyrant. The comparisons to the Third Reich aren't just satire anymore; this is exactly what it is.
I deeply appreciate the small detailed Cuban flag on the Astronaut suit. Well done.
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They were never satire. This is exactly who Trump told us he would be. It's who he tried to be during his first term but some of the checks and balances were still intact.
It's crazy how often he accidentally admits he's a sexual-assault enthusiast, like here.
How is this surprising from President Grab-Em-By-The-Pussy?
Trump seems to be speed-running the "overextend yourself militarily" part of the late stage in the collapse of empires.
"The honor of taking Cuba" sounds like an old man talking about a young girl he's about to rape.
Well he does have experience
Grabbing countries by the pussy.
Mar A Lago is drone & missle range from Cuba. He should not be poking that bear.
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Cuban CIA, could do the funniest thing and nobody would know because it would just look like he died of burger.
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I'm so glad I listened to all the posters who said voting for the Democrats was voting for GENOCIDE. Boy we sure dodged a bullet there didn't we!
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“I do believe I’ll be the honor of – have the honor of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honor,” said the president.
“Taking Cuba. In some form, yeah,” the president confirmed. “Taking Cuba.”
“I mean, whether I free it, or take it... I think I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth,” Trump said.
Wasn't he trying to make people forget about the Epstein files? Because jfc that isn't how you do it
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The fact that the American military is going along with these stupid endeavours just show you how ignorant fucking Americans and the military are. Spineless, gutless cowards who can’t fight their way out of anything including trumps diaper.
Get fucked Americans. You. Fucking. All. Suck.
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Spoken like a true rapist.
Well, at least he has lowered his expectations down from Canada and Greenland, but given how Iran is going, his threats are empty for now. There's a little bit of me that worries that Agent Krasnov might be doing this in cooperation with Russia.
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Maybe if they get spread thin enough, Greenland can launch a counter attack with their polar bears and moose. Come on Latin America, stir them up a bit more just by being there minding your own business speaking "foreign" and looking tanned. That'll do it.
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In the fifth year of WW3, the US is going to be saying the same damn thing. Gotta finished up your Iran before you get any Cuba, little Donny.
“I do believe I’ll be the honor of-- have the honor of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honor,” said the president.
“Taking Cuba?” asked Fox’s White House reporter, Peter Doocy.
“Taking Cuba. In some form, yeah,” the president confirmed. “Taking Cuba.”
If nothing else, at least future history class will be fun.
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Ha ha!
It's funny because no one in a position of power will try and stop him and he will fucking kill us all for his vanity, or to escape narcissistic injury, or because he's bored...
Wait.. yeah, that's not funny. Can someone please take away grampas nuclear weapons and put him in a home/jail?
I never thought I'd see the day when even childish Saturday morning cartoon villainy became this real.
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Rapist gonna rape
Epstein files
The last time a US President tried to overthrow the Cuban government, bad things happened. 
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Naval blockades are an act of war in international law (as much as that matters anymore). Cuba seems to be the first target of Trump expansionism in the Americas. It has the potential to be the annexation of Czechoslovakia of our time.
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