US EditionGraham: Cuba’s liberation ‘just a matter of time’ after Maduro’s fall
Sen. Lindsey Graham links Maduro's arrest to a $25 billion U.S. effort to dismantle a regional drug caliphate and predicts Cuba’s communist regime will soon fall.
- Sen. Lindsey Graham said Cuba's 'days are numbered' while aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026.
- U.S. forces conducted a raid that captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores on Saturday, with officials calling it highly sophisticated and crediting the U.S. Navy for capturing Maduro alive.
- Graham described Cuba as a 'communist dictatorship' that has killed priests and nuns, and said `Joe Biden put a $25 billion bounty on Maduro's head` to clear the 'drug caliphate'.
- Cuba announced that 32 combatants were killed, with President Miguel Diaz-Canel declaring Jan. 5 and 6 national days of mourning, while Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were detained in New York .
- The senator's comments reflect an escalation in U.S. rhetoric toward Latin American leftist governments, while Sen. Rand Paul urged Congress approval and warned President Donald Trump is 'under the thrall' of Sen. Lindsey Graham .
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Paul says Trump 'under the thrall' of Graham after Maduro arrest
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday claimed President Donald Trump is “under the thrall” of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after the two threatened possible military action against Cuba and Colombia in the aftermath of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s capture over the weekend. Paul said he once thought Trump was different from the two Bush presidents, who “wanted to be involved in all these crazy wars overseas.” The Kentucky Republican expres…
According to the Republican Senator from South Carolina, "Cuba is a communist dictatorship." Trump himself also increases the pressure on Havana.
Lindsey Graham Threatens Cuba’s ‘Communist Dictatorship’: ‘Their Days Are Numbered’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters that the Cuban regime’s “days are numbered” following the U.S. military’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. “So when he first got elected in January, we met—you know, biggest comeback ever, we talked about…” began Graham on Air Force One on Sunday. President Donald Trump cut in, “You think so, really? I didn’t feel it was a comeback, actually, because the first one was…” Graham jumped back in…
Lindsey Graham predicts Cuban dictatorship’s ‘days are numbered’ after Maduro bust
Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Cuba's Communist leaders Sunday night that the Havana regime's "days are numbered," after 32 members of the island's armed forces and intelligence agencies were killed in Saturday's daring US raid to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
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