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Trump Calls Cuba a Failed State, Threatens It Will Fall, Cuban Delegation Walks Out
Trump labeled Cuba an absolutely failed state and predicted its fall at the UNGA. The Cuban delegation walked out of the UN General Assembly during Trump’s address.
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UN Cuba Fallout
Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that Cuba is “a completely failed state” and predicted, “It is failing in an unprecedented way, and it will fall,” prompting the Cuban delegation to walk out of the UN General Assembly hall during his address. The Cuban delegation left the hall in protest of Trump’s remarks after Trump labeled the island an “absolutely failed state” while the Cuban delegation was present in the chamber. Trump also accused the Cuban regime of working to foment dissent inside the United States, and the U.S. president said his administration continues to pressure Havana.
The Cuban delegation’s departure turned Trump’s Cuba remarks into a visible rupture during the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. Telemundo described Trump’s language as threats against Cuba during the UN General Assembly, and it said the Cuban delegation left the room in protest after Trump asserted the island would fall.
Rubio, Sanctions, Negotiations
Trump said his administration is pursuing “a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba,” and he said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading active efforts with Havana. Marco Rubio is “carrying out the negotiations,” while talks stalled as the Trump administration heightened sanctions on entities tied to the Cuban military and the communist regime. Since January, Trump imposed what it described as an effective blockade on supplies of oil to Cuba, leading to a cut off of Venezuelan oil to the island after the United States arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The Trump administration has implemented more than two dozen sanctions against Cuba since January, including measures against entities in the military sector and the nickel sector announced just days before the speech. Clarin reported that Trump announced an agreement with Iran to be reached after November, while it also framed Trump’s UN remarks as part of a broader set of pressures and threats.
Havana’s Response and Stakes
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla rejected Trump’s remarks and wrote on X, “Cuba is not a threat to the U.S. or to any country.” Rodríguez also wrote on X, “The U.S. government is unable to accept that Cuba is, and has the right to be, a fully independent and sovereign country,” after Trump accused Havana of backing networks of “radical left” within the United States. Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on X that the U.S. president repeats at the UN that Cuba represents a threat while Cuba cannot “justify the punishment against the Cuban people and its genocidal economic war.”
““Cuba is not a threat to the U.S. or to any country.””
Trump’s threats against the communist regime came as Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized the intensified blockade as a collective punishment affecting ten million people. Cuba’s Foreign Minister Rodríguez Parrilla is scheduled to address the General Assembly on Friday, September 26, when the Cuban regime is expected to respond officially to Trump’s words.