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senseandsensibility

(25,005 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 05:24 PM Mar 16

I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba trump said just now

He also said he can do whatever he wants with it. The really scary, mind numbing thing is that this is just one of several statements that would have taken down any other President. Because the WH press corps still refuses to band together and do follow ups when he says untrue, dangerous, or antidemocratic things, he feels completely free to let loose.

I am old enough to remember when the press was dismissively called "stenographers" because they just regurgitated the Bush administration's talking points. By comparison with this gang, they were brave stalwarts of journalism.

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I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba trump said just now (Original Post) senseandsensibility Mar 16 OP
Rapist talk leftstreet Mar 16 #1
+1 dalton99a Mar 16 #4
And he has said that phrase many times in public PatSeg Mar 16 #17
He's a menace. On every front. nt City Lights Mar 16 #2
"I will take Cuba whether they like it or not" dalton99a Mar 16 #3
Right now- Cuba has NO electricity womanofthehills Mar 17 #30
Once a rapist, always a rapist. Tanuki Mar 16 #5
They are afraid to tell him if he uses the wrong word Nictuku Mar 16 #6
I try not to think too much about what he says senseandsensibility Mar 16 #7
With him, the nonsensical lately PatSeg Mar 16 #16
I believe the word he meant was incursion, not intervention. Wiz Imp Mar 16 #12
I believe you're right orangecrush Mar 16 #26
You are right, my memory was wrong. Close! but wrong. Nictuku Mar 17 #29
In reality, I'm sure it wasn't even Trump's idea to use the word incursion Wiz Imp Mar 17 #31
;-{) Invasion Plan Goonch Mar 16 #8
Maybe the Batistas will be the ones liberalgunwilltravel Mar 16 #9
He needs a pick me up D_Master81 Mar 16 #10
He could support Ukraine any day now newdeal2 Mar 16 #11
Is he after that though? senseandsensibility Mar 16 #13
All this power is going to his head PatSeg Mar 16 #14
If Congress doesn't Impeach, Convict, Remove pretty soon, the US won't have any money, weapons left, nor allies Attilatheblond Mar 16 #18
In my dreams, PatSeg Mar 16 #24
- - - and when Cuba follows Iran into the shitter, what's nex ..... I got it. 3Hotdogs Mar 16 #15
Why can't he just drop dead! stage left Mar 16 #19
Switch the subject much from Cha Mar 16 #20
"I can do whatever I want". It's never changed. His whole despicable life. Fred and Roy Cohn groomed him well. nt Evolve Dammit Mar 16 #21
Seriously, he is a demented megalomaniac. It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment. Joinfortmill Mar 16 #22
Corporate media promoted Iraq war hibbing Mar 16 #23
Is the fat fuck gonna move on Cuba like a bitch? Blue Owl Mar 16 #25
RAPIST 🚓🚓⚖️⚖️ Bread and Circuses Mar 16 #27
You don't suppose chump had anything to do with the island-wide blackout today, do you? Totally Tunsie Mar 16 #28

womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
30. Right now- Cuba has NO electricity
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:56 AM
Mar 17

(3,000 people are on dialysis and will probably die, 500 babies are born every day)

THIS IS AN ATROCITY:

CNN: Cuba’s electrical grid has suffered a complete and total collapse.

The first nationwide blackout since the US effectively CUT OFF Cuba’s oil supply.

11 million people. No power. No hospitals running on grid electricity. No refrigeration for medicine or food. No pumps for clean water.

This is not a sanction. This is not a diplomatic pressure campaign.
This is a siege.

While Trump launches a war in the Middle East and announces plans to “take Cuba” — his administration has already been quietly strangling the island for months.

Expelled Cuban doctors from the Caribbean.

Cut off the oil.

Now the lights are out for 11 million people.

Lindsey Graham said Cuba is next.

Trump said “I think I can do anything I want with it.”

They didn’t need bombs.

They turned off the lights.

Never stop connecting the dots

Nictuku

(4,660 posts)
6. They are afraid to tell him if he uses the wrong word
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 05:59 PM
Mar 16

This War on Iran, for instance.... he described as "An Excursion" when the word was supposed to be "An Intervention"

He doesn't understand the difference between the two words, an that usually when one uses the term Excursion, it means:

A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing. A roundtrip in a passenger vehicle at a special low fare. A group taking a short pleasure trip together.

Fricken Idiot

senseandsensibility

(25,005 posts)
7. I try not to think too much about what he says
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:11 PM
Mar 16

since it is almost always nonsensical or untrue or both. But you're probably right that he meant "intervention".

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
16. With him, the nonsensical lately
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:13 PM
Mar 16

is becoming reality though. In his first term he felt a bit constrained, plus there were real grownups in his administration to stop him from doing anything too reckless and dangerous.

Now no one even tries to stop him and he has congress just going along with him. He intentionally picked a lot of unqualified, dumb people for his administration so that no one would try to tell him "no". He must have had the "loyalty" speech with them before he nominated them.

Wiz Imp

(10,031 posts)
12. I believe the word he meant was incursion, not intervention.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:00 PM
Mar 16

definition per Merriam-Webster.com
1
: a hostile entrance into a territory : raid
2
: an entering in or into (something, such as an activity or undertaking)

orangecrush

(30,395 posts)
26. I believe you're right
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 10:09 PM
Mar 16


I also believe he says stupid shit quite often for the attention he gets.

Nictuku

(4,660 posts)
29. You are right, my memory was wrong. Close! but wrong.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Mar 17

Incursion, not Excursion (or intervention)

Wiz Imp

(10,031 posts)
31. In reality, I'm sure it wasn't even Trump's idea to use the word incursion
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 05:36 AM
Mar 17

Somebody told him to call it an incursion, but he probably never heard of that word so he said said excursion instead, because he at least heard the word excursion before.

D_Master81

(2,588 posts)
10. He needs a pick me up
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:36 PM
Mar 16

Iran didn’t bend over and take it like he thought so he needs a quick win to get his mojo back. It’s a sickness really

newdeal2

(5,447 posts)
11. He could support Ukraine any day now
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:38 PM
Mar 16

He would become very popular in Europe if that’s what he’s after.

senseandsensibility

(25,005 posts)
13. Is he after that though?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:03 PM
Mar 16
Of course that's what he should be doing instead of this, but he almost never does what a sane person would do.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
14. All this power is going to his head
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:06 PM
Mar 16

After Venezuela, he thinks he can just randomly pick countries and take out their leaders and/or bomb the hell out of them.

He used to just tweet crazy crap, but now he actually does a lot of it. He is a very dangerous man and seems determined to leave this planet in ashes when he passes.

Attilatheblond

(8,899 posts)
18. If Congress doesn't Impeach, Convict, Remove pretty soon, the US won't have any money, weapons left, nor allies
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:32 PM
Mar 16

We are almost out of all three already. How much time does the GOP think we have before we become a real, self made Shithole Country?

And can we punish Mitch McConnell for preventing conviction and removal years ago?

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
24. In my dreams,
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:22 PM
Mar 16

I picture that there are relatively sane people in the background working on removing him, but apparently that only happens in movies and books.

3Hotdogs

(15,372 posts)
15. - - - and when Cuba follows Iran into the shitter, what's nex ..... I got it.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:06 PM
Mar 16

Massachusetts.

I get letters every day from patriots in Massachusetts, "Sir, can't you help save us from the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts?

Cha

(319,178 posts)
20. Switch the subject much from
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:39 PM
Mar 16

his Stupid Bomb Attack on Iran?

PEDO is high on his own shit.

TY for the report.

Evolve Dammit

(21,785 posts)
21. "I can do whatever I want". It's never changed. His whole despicable life. Fred and Roy Cohn groomed him well. nt
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:41 PM
Mar 16

hibbing

(10,600 posts)
23. Corporate media promoted Iraq war
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:14 PM
Mar 16

The Big Lie worked then and it still works today. Now watch this drive.

Totally Tunsie

(11,861 posts)
28. You don't suppose chump had anything to do with the island-wide blackout today, do you?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 11:24 PM
Mar 16

Seems a little too coincidental. Maybe trying to give them an advance scare?

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