Marco Rubio

Remember, this is a regime that has survived almost entirely on subsidies, first from the Soviet Union, then from Hugo Chavez, and now for the first time it has no subsidies coming in from anyone.

And the model's been laid bare.

And it's not just that.

Look, multiple countries have gone in and helped.

The problem is that you lose money in Cuba.

They never pay their bills.

They never end up paying and never ends up working out.

There were European countries that went to Cuba and made what they thought were investments in certain sectors only to have the contracts canceled and get themselves kicked out because the Cuban regime has no fundamental understanding of what business and industry looks like, and the people are suffering as a result of it.

So I think certainly their willingness to begin to make openings in this regard is one potential way forward.

I would also say, and this has not been really talked about a lot,

But the United States has been providing humanitarian assistance directly to the Cuban people via the Catholic Church.

We did it after the hurricane.

We actually just recently announced an increase in the amount we're willing to give.

And that's something we're willing to continue to explore.

But obviously, that's not a long-term solution to the problems on the island.

The world has changed and the alliance has to change.

But the fundamental thing that has to change is we have to remind ourselves of why it is we have an alliance in the first place.

This is not just a military arrangement.

This is not just some commercial arrangement.

It is what holds us together in the first place as an alliance is our shared civilizational values.