{"id":39325,"date":"2026-01-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gnews.cz\/?p=39325"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:30:56","slug":"trump-pri-navratu-do-washingtonu-predpovida-pad-kuby-varuje-kolumbii-a-vyhrozuje-gronsku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnews.cz\/en\/neprehlednete\/trump-pri-navratu-do-washingtonu-predpovida-pad-kuby-varuje-kolumbii-a-vyhrozuje-gronsku\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump predicts Cuba's downfall upon returning to Washington, warns Colombia and threatens Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump predicted that the Cuban government could soon fall, while also threatening the president of Colombia, in a clear warning reflecting his administration's increasingly aggressive approach towards left-wing governments in Latin America, Politico reported.<\/strong> For the sake of completeness, Trump also reiterated his interest in annexing Greenland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made the comments aboard Air Force One on his way back to Washington, less than two days after the US military carried out a daring operation in Caracas to arrest Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eCuba looks like it's ready to fall.\u201c<\/em> Trump said. \u201eI don't know if they can keep it up.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The president rejected the possibility that the administration would use American forces to hasten the fall of the Cuban government, explaining that Venezuela is Cuba's main economic supporter. \u201eCuba survives only thanks to Venezuela,\u201c<\/em> Trump added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many presidents have predicted the fall of communist rule, yet Havana survived the collapse of the Soviet Union. Trump's statements, however, show that his administration not only expects regime change in several countries, but openly hopes for it, despite uncertainty about Venezuela's future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eDo not ask me who is currently in power in Venezuela, as this will be controversial.\u201c <\/em>Trump said. \u201eWe are in power.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Trump said he wants to rebuild the country \u2013 especially its oil infrastructure \u2013 before the elections take place so that people can elect their leader. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested that the steel and aluminium industries could be revived for the benefit of the US. For now, however, Trump is willing to work with Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro's interim president and vice-president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump expects Rodriguez and the new Venezuelan government to grant the US unrestricted access to the country so that American forces can assist with reconstruction efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eBut if they don't behave, we'll strike again.\u201c<\/em> the President added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administration claims that targeting Maduro was largely an effort to stop drug trafficking. Trump also threatened Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who openly criticised the US operation in Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eColombia is also very sick \u2013 it is ruled by a sick man who likes to produce cocaine and send it to the US, and he won't be doing that for much longer.\u201c<\/em> Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And just hours after the Danish prime minister criticised Trump for threatening to annex Greenland, the president said that the United States \u201eneeds\u201c the autonomous Danish territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe need Greenland for national security reasons.\u201c <\/em>Trump said. \u201eThe EU needs us to have Greenland.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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