‘This is his legacy’: Marco Rubio nears goal of toppling Cuba’s government
US secretary of state’s campaign of ‘maximum pressure’ is culmination of a personal pursuit spanning decades
TL;DR
- Marco Rubio has made the ousting of Cuba's communist government a decades-long personal pursuit.
- The Trump administration is enacting a 'maximum pressure' campaign against Cuba, involving military buildup and asserting Cuba as a national security threat.
- Rubio has been central in presenting Cuba as an imminent threat, citing weapons acquired from Russia and China and Russian/Chinese intelligence presence.
- Democrats worry the actions could be a pretext for military intervention, pushed by hawks in the administration.
- The campaign against Cuba is seen by some as a shift from Trump's initial 'America First' policy towards more aggressive foreign interventions.
- There are concerns that if the pressure succeeds, there may be no plan for what comes next in Cuba.