Newsman: Trump warns of imminent action against Cuba at ‘Shield of Americas’ summit. President Donald Trump spoke at the summit on Saturday morning in Doral, Florida, boasting of America’s military actions. President Donald Trump joined leaders from over a dozen other countries at the “Shield of the Americas” summit, where he issued warnings against Latin American adversaries.
Among the invited attendees were: Argentinian President Javier Milei, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast and Honduran President Tito Asfura.
Trump began his remarks talking about the latest developments in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, telling the grouping of Western Hemisphere leaders that “tremendous progress” has been made.
“It’s been a pretty wild time, but it’s going very well,” Trump said about the military action in Iran.
The summit also comes as the conflict has resulted in major movements in the U.S. energy markets.
“We’re doing something. I built the military and rebuilt it and made it really strong. And my first administration, along with a lot of other things we did, we had a great first term, and now we’re using it, unfortunately, we have to, but you’re seeing how great it is,” the president said.
Trump repeatedly touted the U.S. military’s actions during his second term highlighting the military operation to capture Maduro, and warning of imminent action in Cuba.
“As we achieve a historic transformation in Venezuela, we’re also looking forward to the great change that will soon be coming to Cuba,” Trump said. “Cuba’s at the end of the line. They’re very much at the end of the line. They have no money. They have no oil. They have a bad philosophy. They have a bad regime that’s been bad for a long time.”
He added, “But Cuba’s in its last moments of life as it was. It’ll have a great new life, but it’s in its last moments of life the way it is.”
The White House claimed the coalition is committed to cooperating with the U.S. in taking on the cartels and securing the American border following the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The president signed a proclamation to formally launch “Americas Counter Cartel Coalition” and vowed to go after drug traffickers.
“The heart of our agreement is a commitment to using lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels and terrorist networks once and for all. We’ll get rid of them. We need your help,” Trump said.
