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Trump: want to finish Iran then Cuba 'question of time'

AL-Monitor
Mar 5, 2026
The National Capitol of Cuba rises amid the city skyline as Cuba brought its national electrical grid back online after the country had been largely without power for 16 hours in an outage that Energy Ministry officials linked to the oil blockade of Cuba imposed by the United States, in Havana, Cuba, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
The National Capitol of Cuba rises amid the city skyline as Cuba brought its national electrical grid back online after the country had been largely without power for 16 hours in an outage that Energy Ministry officials linked to the oil blockade of Cuba imposed by the United States, in Havana, Cuba, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez — Norlys Perez

March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to finish the war in Iran first, but then it "will be just a question of time before you and a lot of unbelievable people are going to be going back to Cuba."

Trump, speaking at an event with the Inter Miami soccer team at the White House, said Cuba wants "to make a deal so badly."

"We want to finish this one first," he said, referring to the conflict in Iran.

(Reporting by Bo Erickson; Writing by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Daphne Psaledakis)