A president joked about “taking” a country.
The room laughed.
Cuba did not.

When Donald Trump floated a “friendly takeover” of Cuba—and then shrugged that it “may not be friendly”—the island was already buckling under blackouts, hunger, and fear. Supporters heard strength. Critics heard imperial ambition. In Havana and Miami, one question drowned out the rest: what if he actu… Continues…