Natalie Kitroeff

What's the calculation there?

What would that look like, Michael, a soft landing?

I am wondering what the best case scenario the Trump administration imagines here.

Like, are they looking to find a partner within the Cuban regime that they could work with to kind of negotiate change?

Someone like Delcy Rodriguez in Venezuela, the former vice president, to Maduro, who's now leading the country and working with the U.S.?

Is that the best case here?

Well, and to be fair, it's true that this regime is absolutely expert in buying time.

That is what they have done over and over again.

This is a pattern, a well-established pattern.

Michael, given those complications, can we actually just drill down on what Trump wants here, big picture?

It's not as if Cuba has a ton to offer at the negotiating table with the U.S.

We know for Rubio, this is personal.

But my impression is that outside of the large Cuban-American community in South Florida, not many Americans see toppling the Cuban regime as a huge priority.

So what does Trump care about?

Well, Michael, thank you so much.

We'll be right back.

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