Rubio Urges Cubans to Partner With CIA for Change as Trump Floats Warships 50 Yards Offshore
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 23
Rubio Urges Cubans to Partner With CIA for Change as Trump Floats Warships 50 Yards Offshore
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 23
Summary
Marco Rubio on Friday called on Cubans seeking political change to form a “discrete partnership with the CIA,” framing it as a chance to act against failed promises, corruption and elite privilege.
His X post did not identify any specific CIA operation or explain what cooperation would involve, but it marked an unusually explicit public appeal for Cubans to work with U.S. intelligence.
At a Fort Myers rally the same day, Donald Trump separately suggested U.S. warships could stop about 50 yards off Cuba’s coast after Iran and said Rubio could be sent in to “finish up the deal.”
Trump offered no details on any military or diplomatic plan, leaving unclear whether the remarks reflected actual policy; the CIA, State Department, White House and Cuban Embassy were asked for comment.
The episode fits Rubio’s long-standing hard line on Havana, where he has opposed normalization without political reform and pushed a tougher U.S. stance toward Cuba’s communist government.