DORAL, Florida (March 10): US President Donald Trump said on Monday Cuba is in "deep trouble" on a humanitarian basis and that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was dealing with the issue which may or may not be a "friendly takeover". "He's dealing [with it] and it may be a friendly takover, it may not be a friendly takeover. Wouldn't really matter because they're really down to...as they say, fumes. They have no energy, they have no money," Trump, speaking at a news conference in Doral, Florida, told reporters. The Cuban government has said it is not in any high-level talks with the US but has not outright denied press reports that US officials may be in informal talks with Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, the grandson of former Cuban president Raul Castro.

Source: The Edge Markets March 10, 2026 04:39 UTC