Donald Trump He seems to have time for everything. This Thursday he assured that he wanted to reach an agreement with his Administration, at a time when information about possible contacts between Washington and Havana is increasing.
“They have no idea; “Cuba desperately wants to reach a deal,” the president stated during an event held in the White House to honor Inter Miami after winning the American Soccer League in 2025.
The event, focused on the team led by, also ended up turning to issues of international politics when Trump was asked about the situation with the Caribbean island.
The president suggested that his Administration could soon focus on Cuba, although he admitted that the focus of the White House right now is on another front: the military campaign that began against Iran last weekend.
“It’s just a matter of time”Trump stated, hinting that the relationship with the Cuban Government could become one of the next issues on his Executive’s agenda.
“The cherry on the cake”
The statements come just a few days after the president also spoke about Cuba in an interview with the digital media Politico. In that conversation, Trump even stated that the fall of the Cuban regime would be “the icing on the cake,” although he clarified that it is not his main political priority.
As he explained, The United States has been trying to bring about change for more than half a century political on the island, although in the current context there are other conflicts that occupy most of the attention of Washington.
Discreet contacts
The president’s words also come at a time when several American media outlets have published information about possible contacts between figures close to both countries.
In recent weeks, newspapers such as Axios and the Miami Herald have reported on conversations between the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of former Cuban president Raúl Castro.
According to these reports, these would not be formal negotiations. but of exploratory contacts to address possible future scenarios in the relationship between both countries.
The talks would have revolved around possible gradual economic reforms in Cuba and a possible progressive withdrawal of some US sanctions if changes occur on the island.
Decades of tension
The relationship between the United States and Cuba has been marked by confrontation for decades political, economic and diplomatic. The economic embargo imposed by Washington In the sixties it continued to be one of the pillars of that policy, although at different times there have been attempts at rapprochement or detente.
The statements of Trump They now once again place the bilateral relationship at the center of the political debate, at a time when the US Administration is focused on several international fronts.
Meanwhile, From Havana there has so far been no official reaction to the words of the American presidentwhich insists that the possibility of an agreement with Cuba is only a matter of time.
