A jocular President Donald Trump spoke of “taking over” Cuba on Friday night.
Trump spoke about Cuba during remarks at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches in Florida, according to Fox News.
The comments came after Trump recognized former Democratic Rep. Dan Mica of Florida.
“And he comes from, originally, a place called Cuba, which we will be taking over almost immediately,” Trump said.
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“Cuba’s got problems. We’ll finish one first. I like to finish a job,” he said, referring to the Iran conflict.
“On the way back from Iran, we’ll have one of our big — maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier — the biggest in the world,” he continued.
“We’ll
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