00:00Donald Trump has sparked more speculation over his intentions towards Cuba, telling reporters that he'll be the U.S. leader
00:07who finally intervenes in the Caribbean nation.
00:10Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years, Trump said on Thursday, and it looks like I'll be
00:17the one that does it.
00:18Trump didn't clarify his statement, nor did he answer questions about a U.S. aircraft carrier having reportedly entered the
00:26Southern Caribbean on Wednesday.
00:27The comments came one day after U.S. prosecutors indicted Cuba's former president Raul Castro on criminal charges related to
00:36the downing of two small planes in 1996.
00:39Cuba's president Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned the move as a political stunt intended to justify what he called the folly
00:47of military aggression against Cuba.
00:50Trump has been threatening military action against the island since U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in January.
00:57Trump has also pledged to conduct a, quote, friendly takeover of the island if its leadership doesn't open its economy
01:05to U.S. investment.
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