{"id":28927,"date":"2026-03-17T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28927"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:30:21","slug":"us-would-take-cuba-calls-it-a-great-hour-president","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-would-take-cuba-calls-it-a-great-hour-president\/","title":{"rendered":"US would \u201ctake\u201d Cuba, calls it a \u201cgreat hour\u201d: President\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\" dir=\"ltr\" data-applydefaultfontstyles=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">United States (US) President Donald Trump has suggested that he would \u201ctake\u201d the island nation of Cuba, adding that it would be a great hour.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Trump was responding to media questions in the Oval Office amid an ongoing US oil blockage that has imperilled Cuba\u2019s already battered economy and affected communications, the healthcare system and transportation, among others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u00a0reports that the Trump administration was seeking to push President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel from power, citing four unnamed sources, but that the US is leaving the next steps to Cubans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Trump, interacting with a journalist, appeared emboldened after also taking military action against Venezuela and Iran in recent months, in violation of international law and the United Nations (UN) Charter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Trump told reporters, \u201cCan tell you that they\u2019re talking to us. It\u2019s a failed nation. They have no money. They have no oil. They have no nothing. They have nice land. They have nice landscape, you know? It\u2019s a beautiful island. But I think Cubans. You know, all my life I\u2019ve been hearing about the US and Cuba. When will the US do it? I do believe I\u2019ll be the honour of, having the honour of taking Cuba. That would be, that\u2019s it\u2019s a big honour.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Journalist asks: \u201cTaking Cuba?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Trump replies: \u201cTaking Cuba in some form. I mean, whether I free it, take it. Think I could do anything I want with it. You want to know the truth. They\u2019re a very weakened nation, right now.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14615,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28927","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Trump was responding to media questions in the Oval Office amid an ongoing US oil blockage.","published_date":"","news_description":"Trump was responding to media questions in the Oval Office amid an ongoing US oil blockage.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28928,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28927\/revisions\/28928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}