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Ben Rhodes

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Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

There's a lot of economic interests that could be

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

developed in Cuba in the tourist ministry that like Trump, I know for a fact, by the way, Tommy, when I, cause I did the Cuban negotiations, the Trump organization was down scouting like golf and hotel properties in Cuba in 2016.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

So Cuba's both an ideological thing for them, but it's also like a money grab.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

And I would not expect that to necessarily be a new Bay of Pigs invasion.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

They'll probably see if they can do it with some kind of covert sabotage type stuff, squeeze the regime.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

But who knows?

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

Like at the end of the day, they may just do another one of these kinds of things and see how it goes.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

I don't think it'll go well, but we can get to that later.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

Mexico, I do think all the chest-thumping about drug trafficking and fentanyl, there is this kind of momentum towards strikes in Mexico, not for regime change, but to kind of show that we're going to take shots in Mexico.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

That deals with his political base on drugs.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

Greenland, I would be very, very surprised.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

if they don't try to seize Greenland.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

I put it at above 50% because that's the resource-rich place.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

There's all this stuff up there, right?

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

There's critical minerals and there's oil and gas.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

And so those three, Greenland, Cuba, and potentially strikes in Mexico.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

Petro, Colombia seems crazy to me, especially because Colombia's gonna have an election.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

And, you know, I don't know.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

It's helping his politics.

Pod Save the World
Where Will Trump Invade Next?

It's helping him politically.