US President Donald Trump reposts a social media message suggesting that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, born to Cuban immigrant parents, should become the next leader of Cuba.
Trump republishes a message on his Truth Social platform from user Cliff Smith, posted on January 8, that read “Marco Rubio will be president of Cuba,” accompanied by a crying-laughing emoji.
Trump’s comment on the repost is “Sounds good to me!”
The largely unknown user, whose bio refers to him as a “conservative Californian” has fewer than 500 followers.
Trump’s repost comes a week after US forces seized Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro in a nighttime operation in Caracas that killed dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban security forces.
He also urges Cuba on Sunday to “make a deal” or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money to Havana would now stop.
“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” Trump posts on Truth Social. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
Rubio is also the US national security adviser and chief archivist.
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