Trump Says Rubio Is Talking With Cuba as Economic Crisis Deepens

President Donald Trump said that US government officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are in discussions with Cuba’s Communist regime as the island nation faces worsening economic conditions.

“We’re talking to Cuba right now, and Marco Rubio is talking to Cuba right now,” Trump told reporters on Monday.

Cuba should “absolutely make a deal because it’s a humanitarian threat,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “In the meantime, there’s an embargo, there’s no oil, there’s no money, there’s no anything.”

Daily life in Cuba has ground to a halt after the government lost its main patron when ...