Rubio: Venezuela Had Been “Colonized” By Cuba, “They’re In A Lot Of Trouble”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in the wake of U.S. military action against Venezuela that “the Cuban government is a huge problem.”
KRISTEN WELKER: But will you seek congressional approval for any further action in Venezuela or the region? SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO: Well, we will seek congressional approval for actions that require congressional approval. But otherwise, they will get congressional notification. And this was not an operation that required congressional approval. In fact, this was an operation akin to what virtually every single president for the last 40 years has conducted. KRISTEN WELKER: Is the– SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO: The difference is that when it’s Donald Trump, you know, all these Democrats go bonkers. KRISTEN WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration’s next target, Mr. Secretary? Very quickly. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yes, the Cuban government is a huge problem, first of all– KRISTEN WELKER: So is that a yes? SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO: –for Cuba. But I don’t think people fully appreciate– I think they’re in a lot of trouble. Yes, I’m not going talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard. But I don’t think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime who, by the way, are the ones that were propping up Maduro. His entire, like, internal security force, his internal security apparatus is entirely controlled by Cubans. One of the untold stories here is how in essence, you talk about colonization, because I think you said Delcy Rodriguez mentioned that. KRISTEN WELKER: Yes– SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO: The ones who were colonized at least inside the regime are Cubans. It was Cubans that guarded Maduro. He was not guarded by Venezuelan body guards. He had Cuban body guards. In terms of their internal intelligence, who spies on who inside to make sure there are no traitors, those are all Cuban.
