INTRO: U-S and Cuban officials sparred on the floor of the United States General Assembly Tuesday … days after President Trump suggested the U-S military could make a stop in Cuba after the Iran war ends. Speaking during a campaign rally in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday … President Trump jokes about how quickly the situation would be resolved once Secretary of State Marco Rubio gets involved.
ACK: President Donald Trump
TAG: Cuba’s president has vowed to defend his country’s sovereignty. Tensions have ramped up between the U-S and Cuba ever since the Trump administration blocked oil from reaching the island earlier this year. The blockade has caused widespread power outages in Cuba.
KEYWORD: Politics, POTUS, Military, International
