{"id":1257,"date":"2026-01-09T22:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:24:54","slug":"trump-says-cuba-faces-collapse-after-venezuela-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Cuba faces collapse after Venezuela crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" data-id=\"1258\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Trump-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1258\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, President Donald Trump said Cuba is facing a severe economic crisis after US action in Venezuela cut off oil and financial support that Havana relied on for years, warning that the island has few options left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCuba totally relies on Venezuela for money and for oil,\u201d Trump said in a sit-down interview on Fox News\u2019 Hannity. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t work anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Venezuela and Cuba had long operated under an arrangement in which Havana provided security support in exchange for oil and cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was always the deal,\u201d Trump said. \u201cCuba gives protection to Venezuela, and Venezuela gives Cuba money through oil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said that the relationship has now ended following the US operation in Venezuela. \u201cI don\u2019t know what Cuba is going to do,\u201d he said. \u201cI think Cuba is going to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said Cuban forces that had been operating in Venezuela were defeated during recent events. \u201cThey got wiped out,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t even want to say how many.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Cuba has no clear alternative source of support. \u201cI don\u2019t think there are any alternatives to Cuba,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Trump said he wants to help the Cuban people, particularly Cuban Americans living in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have some of the best people in the country, Cuban,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI want to help those people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump recalled how many Cubans fled the island in past decades. \u201cThey left on rafts,\u201d he said. \u201cThey left on broken boats, shark-infested waters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany, many of them didn\u2019t make it,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Cuban Americans were badly treated under past leaders. \u201cThey got treated so badly by Castro,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump did not outline a specific US policy toward Havana but said the United States wants to see positive change. \u201cWe want to do something to 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