Milan, 21 May (LaPresse) – US President Donald Trump, when asked whether the US aircraft carrier Nimitz, which had been sent to the Caribbean, was intended to intimidate the Cuban government, said no. “No, absolutely not. The Cubans, you see, are a failed state. Everyone knows that. They have no electricity. They have no money. They have practically nothing,” replied Trump, “they have no food and we will help them because, first and foremost, I want to help them.” "I don’t want to do it for humanitarian reasons, but we have the Cuban-American population, most of whom live in Miami, Florida. They’re a fantastic group of people, an extraordinary, hard-working group; they’re simply excellent Americans. They wanted this to happen; they want to go back to their country; they want to help their country. I hope they stay here, but they want to go back. They want to invest in their country and, you know, see if they can get it back on its feet. Other presidents have been looking at this for 50, 60 years, trying to do something, and it looks like I’ll be the one to do it,” he added. “So I’d be happy to do it. We want to open up this possibility for Cuban-Americans so that they can return and lend a hand,” he concluded.
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