A Newsmax host told House Oversight Chairman James Comer that he does not believe President Donald Trump’s claims about Cuba and suggested the administration’s hawkish posture is a false flag. Comer defended the administration’s approach by saying Cuba has long been a national security threat and that negotiations have gone nowhere. The host questioned why Cuba is prioritized while Americans face economic strain at home. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a video addressing Cuban people about increasing difficulties tied to Trump’s oil blockade. The Department of Justice indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro over alleged involvement in the 1996 downing of two planes near Cuba’s coast that killed American citizens.
"Finnerty mentioned these actions before pressing Comer on why the administration was focusing on Cuba while Americans were struggling at home. I get it. The ayatollah is gone. Nicolas Maduro is in jail. But now Cuba, I just look, I think people struggle with how this is America First when gas is $4.55 a gallon right now, he said. Comer defended the administration's actions, using the line repeated by many in Trump's orbit that the country poses a national security threat to the U.S."
"Wednesday saw Secretary of State Marco Rubio release a five-minute video addressing the Cuban people and their increasing difficulties in relation to Trump's oil blockade on the country. Hours later, the Department of Justice indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro for the alleged murder of American citizens in relation to the downing of two planes near the Cuban coast in 1996. Finnerty mentioned these actions before pressing Comer on why the administration was focusing on Cuba while Americans were struggling at home."
"COMER: It is, and you're absolutely right. But at the end of the day, Cuba has always been a national security threat. And as you said earlier, we've been negotiating with Cuba since before I was born. I'm fifty-three years old, so the negotiations have gone nowhere. Cuba's leader is at the end of his lifespan. The Cuban people, clearly, unlike maybe the Iranian people, the Cuban people clearly want a regime change in Cuba."
"Finnerty pushed back strongly, pressing the congressman over whether he genuinely believed the words he was saying while telling Comer directly that it sounded like we're just trying to make the case to attack Cuba. Comer defended the administration's actions, using the line repeated by many in Trump's orbit that the country poses a national security threat to the U.S. Finnerty mentioned these actions before pressing Comer on why the administration was focusing on Cuba while Americans were struggling at home."
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