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US talking to Cuba 'right now’: Trump

President Trump announced that the US is currently in talks with Cuba, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, hoping for a deal despite an ongoing embargo, calling Cuba a "failed nation."

Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published February 17,2026
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The US is talking to Cuba "right now," President Donald Trump said Monday.

"We're talking to Cuba right now," he told reporters en route to Washington.

Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding the talks.

"They should absolutely make a deal," he added.

Trump called Cuba "a failed nation."

"We'll see how it all turns out. But Cuba and us, we are talking. In the meantime, there's an embargo, there's no oil, there's no money," he said.