"Gone is Barack Obama's " Cuban Thaw" and Joe Biden's less-restrictive sanctions. In their places, the Trump administration has apparently adopted a policy of regime change through maximum pressure. If the administration has its way, 2026 will be the final year of communist rule in Cuba - and it intends to achieve this without intervention by U.S. armed forces. 'I don't think we need (to take) any action,' Trump said on Jan. 4."