Donald Trump Proposes 'Friendly Takeover' of Crisis-Stricken Cuba

President Donald Trump has introduced a new, aggressive narrative into Caribbean policy by suggesting the United States could carry out a 'friendly takeover' of Cuba. In his speeches, the US leader has repeatedly emphasized the critical state of the island nation, pointing to a lack of financial resources and general structural collapse. Trump employs corporate takeover rhetoric, arguing that the current administration in Havana has driven the country to ruin, opening the door to external governance under Washington's auspices. Media point out that a key role in implementing this strategy is played by Marco Rubio, who, as head of diplomacy, is to oversee increasing diplomatic and economic pressure on the communist regime. Simultaneously, reports are emerging about Venezuela halting the sale of Halliburton assets at the explicit request of the USA, interpreted as part of a broader plan to cut off financial influences in the region. The humanitarian situation on the island itself is deteriorating daily under the influence of a strict fuel supply blockade. Reuters reports an unprecedented bicycle boom in the capital, resulting from a lack of gasoline and paralysis of public transport. UN representatives warn that Cuba is currently on the brink of total social collapse. In the background of these events, an armed incident occurred off the coast, where Cuban services intercepted a speedboat from Florida transporting weapons and ammunition. This incident has reinforced Havana's accusations of attempts to destabilize the island by anti-government groups operating from US territory. Geopolitics experts note that Trump is trying to impose a new order in which the law of force becomes the dominant diplomatic instrument. US-Cuban relations have been defined for decades by the Cold War, with their climax being the 1962 missile crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear conflict after the deployment of Soviet missiles on the island.The rising tension on the Washington-Havana line is also visible in the context of comparisons to the situation in Venezuela. Although Trump mentions a 'Venezuelan model,' analysts indicate that the strategy towards Cuba may be based on the complete economic exhaustion of the country until the ruling elites are forced to capitulate. However, the rhetoric of a 'friendly takeover' raises major concerns about the stability of the entire region and how other global players will react to such announcements, perceiving these actions as an attempt at annexation under the guise of humanitarian aid. „Maybe what we'll do is a friendly takeover of Cuba. They have no money, they have nothing, they are in shambles.” — Donald Trump In 1901, the Platt Amendment to the Cuban constitution gave the United States the right to intervene in the island's internal affairs, which for decades formed the basis of American political dominance over the country.