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One Day After 'No Escalation,' Trump Says of Cuba: 'It Looks Like I'll Be the One That Does It.'

TRUMP · MAY 21, 2026 · T1

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"Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years, doing something. And, it looks like I'll be the one that does it. So, I would be happy to do it."
Twenty-four hours after 'no escalation,' the president says out loud he'll be the one to 'do' Cuba — and would 'be happy to.' The press graded the two lines on separate curves. The throughline — Venezuela captured, Iran bombed, Cuba next — was right there in his own mouth.