In the basement Situation Room at the White House and a gilded secure room at Mar-a-Lago are whispers of a Trumpian grand plan that many in Washington and in capitals around the world once considered unthinkable: the toppling of not one, not two, but three autocracies that have tormented generations of American presidents. As U.S. and Israeli missiles fell on Iran this weekend, just weeks after Donald Trump ordered a lightning strike that put Venezuela's president in a New York City courtroom, Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba. The president has been open about what he would like to see in Cuba, floating the possibility while speaking with reporters at the White House on Friday of a 'friendly takeover' of the island of 11 million people. He said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in discussions with Cuban leaders at a 'very high level' to potentially 'make a deal.' Rubio also is in contact through unofficial channels with Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, the grandson...
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