With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s...

Key Highlights

• “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.
• The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro.
• The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.
• “Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday.
• “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.” Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.