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Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and\u00a0global distribution of the country\u2019s oil products.<\/p>\n
Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, \u201cBUT NOT ANYMORE!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTHERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA \u2013 ZERO!\u201d Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. \u201cI strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.\u201d He did not explain what kind of deal.<\/p>\n
The Cuban government said\u00a032 of its military personnel\u00a0were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba\u2019s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.<\/p>\n
\u201cVenezuela doesn\u2019t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,\u201d Trump said Sunday. \u201cVenezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump also responded to another account\u2019s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: \u201cSounds good to me!\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro\u2019s capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island\u2019s\u00a0worst economic crisis\u00a0in decades.<\/p>\n
Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going down,\u201d Trump said of Cuba. \u201cIt\u2019s going down for the count.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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