Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has pushed back against recent threats from Donald Trump. In a recent interview, he stressed that Cuba will not back down from a potential U.S. threat.
Miguel Díaz-Canel responds to Donald Trump’s threat
Miguel Díaz-Canel has declared that the nation is ready to fight to the death against a potential U.S. invasion. In a Sunday, April 12, interview on NBC News’ Meet the Press, the Cuban President said, “I don’t think there would be any justification for the United States to launch a military aggression against Cuba or for the U.S. to undertake a surgical operation or the kidnapping of a president.”
The Cuban President continued, “If [an attack] happens, there’ll be fighting, and there’ll be a struggle, and we’ll defend ourselves, and if we need to die, we’ll die. As our national anthem says, ‘dying for the homeland is to live.” He went on to add, “I have no fear. I am willing to give my life for the revolution.”
Díaz-Canel’s statement comes amid reported diplomatic negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba following the recent oil blockade on Cuba, which disrupted civilian life. Last month, Trump said that he believes he will have “the honor of taking Cuba,” adding that he “could do anything” he wants with it.
Later in the Sunday interview, Díaz-Canel also called out the U.S. government over the blockade. “There’s an element of viciousness and evil when a power is playing the role of an aggressor and is subjecting a small island nation to a situation like this,” the Cuban President said. “I think the U.S. government should review how cruel and how mean they’ve been to Cuba and to the Cuban people, and they should not portray themselves as the savior of the Cuban situation.”
Trump renewed his threats on Monday, April 13, during a White House event. “Terrible things happened in Cuba. And Cuba is a failing nation,” the POTUS said (via PEOPLE). He added, “And we may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this. But Cuba is a nation that’s just been horribly run.”
Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on Mandatory.
