Trump threatens "Cuba will be next" after Venezuela and Iran

Washington (ANTARA) - United States President Donald Trump on Friday (27/3) threatened that “Cuba will be next” following the US attacks on Venezuela and Iran. “By the way, Cuba will be next, but pretend I didn’t say that. Pretend I didn’t say that. Please, please, please media, ignore that statement. Thank you very much. Cuba will be next,” Trump said at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Miami, Florida. The statement was made after the US military raided Venezuela and forcibly captured the oil-rich South American country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, on 3 January, followed by a massive ongoing joint attack with Israel against Iran on 28 February. Cuba is facing a severe economic and energy crisis due to decades of US sanctions. The United Nations (UN) says the fuel shortage has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis. Earlier this month, Trump threatened that Cuba would “soon collapse”, but his administration “currently” would focus on Iran.