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President Trump’s blunt assessment that “Cuba looks like it’s going down” wasn’t hyperbole — it was a sober declaration of strategic consequence after a decisive moment in the hemisphere. He told reporters aboard Air Force One that the island’s lifelines were severed and that Havana may not be able to hold together much longer.
What unfolded in early January 2026 — the audacious U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro — sent a seismic message across Latin America: kleptocratic regimes that traffic in drugs, repression, and anti-American adventurism will be held to account. Conservatives who have warned for years about the corrosive influence of Maduro and his Cuban enablers watched vindication of strong policy, not timidity.
Havana itself confirmed heavy losses tied to the operation, including dozens of Cuban security personnel, underscoring the depth of the island’s entanglement with Caracas and its security apparatus. That fact, once hidden behind propaganda, now exposes Cuba’s overreach and its fatal dependence on outside patrons.
The economics are undeniable: Havana has lived off Venezuelan oil and subsidies for years, and when that spigot is cut the hollowed-out Cuban economy will be forced to show its true colors. Mr. Trump was right to point out that once the cash stops flowing, the regime’s ability to buy loyalty and suppress dissent evaporates — exactly the pressure the free world should welcome.
Washington’s renewed posture is not reckless adventurism; it’s the kind of targeted pressure and strategic clarity that brings autocrats to their knees without needless occupation. If American sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and support for dissidents are wielded intelligently, the regime change many conservatives quietly hoped for could come from within the island, not from a foreign crusade.
Patriotic Americans should cheer leaders who finally put liberty and regional stability ahead of appeasement. Keep the pressure, stand with Cuban exiles, and insist our government use every lawful tool to hasten the end of communist rule in Havana — because freedom for our neighbors is security for our nation.
