Cuba says it will never again be a colony after Trump post
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that the country will “never again” become a colony of any empire. The Cuban leader’s statement came after US President Donald Trump posted an image on Truth Social showing Cuba and other territories in the colors of the American flag.
As reported by Anadolu Agency, Díaz-Canel wrote on social media platform X that Cuba knows well what it means to be a colony and a neocolony of two empires. He also said that the blood shed for the country’s independence, sovereignty, and self-determination was not spilled in vain, and that Cuba would defend these principles to the end.
Reaction from Cuba’s Foreign Ministry
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez responded to Trump’s publication with an ironic comment. He said that the US authorities would leave their citizens geographically disoriented: soon they would not know which bay, lake, building, country, continent, or planet they were in.
In the image published by Trump on Monday, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Greenland, Iceland, as well as parts of the Caribbean and Central America, were covered in the colors of the US flag.
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Tensions between Havana and Washington
The statements by Cuban authorities came amid one of the highest levels of tension in relations between Havana and Washington in recent decades. Since the beginning of 2026, the Trump administration has pursued a policy of maximum pressure on Cuba, including an oil blockade and secondary sanctions imposed in May. According to the source, these sanctions are deterring foreign companies from operating on the island.
Washington also retains the possibility of military intervention, which is causing concern for the Cuban government. Rodríguez said that the US economic embargo cost Cuba $8.08 billion between March 2025 and February 2026. According to him, this is the highest figure for a 12-month period and 7% more than a year earlier.
The Cuban economy has also been significantly affected by the energy crisis: it contracted by 15% in 2020–2025. Independent forecasts project an additional contraction of up to 10.3% this year.
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