Cuba’s Bad Day Just Got a Whole Lot Worse

“Regime change? Oh no, I think we would would love to see the regime change,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday while testifying before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations when some Democrat tried to ask him a “gotcha” question about Cuba. 

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🇺🇸🇨🇺 | AHORA — Marco Rubio sobre Cuba:

+ “¿Se compromete públicamente hoy a descartar un cambio de régimen en Cuba por parte de Estados Unidos?”

– RUBIO: “No. Nos encantaría ver un cambio de régimen allí”.

Me voy a emocionar.pic.twitter.com/skXfMmgnAY

— Agustín Antonetti (@agusantonetti) January 28, 2026

While Rubio wouldn’t own up to it — and I’m not sure that “regime change” is the appropriate phrasing — I think it’s pretty obvious that a free Cuba is a goal of the Donald