"Cuba’s got problems. We’ll finish one first. I like to finish a job," the president told the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches.

President Donald Trump said Friday during remarks in Florida that the United States would take over Cuba “almost immediately,” suggesting an aircraft carrier could be positioned offshore after the conflict in Iran.

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While the president’s comments appeared partly joking, they followed concrete policy action in the form of broadened sanctions.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    they’ve expended a significant part of the stockpiles

    And they’re using supplies faster than they’re restocking. But they’re also running out of targets and slowly Iran’s capacity to fire ballistic missiles in kind.

    So we get hysterical coverage of what is normal and expected changes in munitions to drive stone broader narrative of military resumes and whose to blame.