Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Caribbean country’s leaders ‘incompetent, senile men.’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press, alongside White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (L) and CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C), following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images
Following the U.S. military’s overnight mission in Caracas to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a direct warning to the leaders of Cuba.
Rubio called Cuba’s leaders “incompetent, senile men” during a Dec. 3 press conference, adding that if he worked in the regime in Havana he’d “be concerned, at least a little bit.”
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