Rohit Chopra

So Marco Rubio gave a briefing yesterday.

And I think it's worth rolling this.

This is going to be D4.

Marco Rubio did the White House briefing yesterday.

And both Rubio and Trump continue to talk about what could be coming imminently for Cuba.

Trump obviously infamously said that he may have the privilege of taking Cuba very soon.

Here is Secretary of State Rubio at the White House yesterday.

Okay, so he also, Southcom's Twitter, I can't believe that's a thing I'm even saying, but Southcom's, I guess, ex-account posted a very calculated image of Secretary Rubio yesterday, D2, posing in front of a map of Cuba with General Francis Donovan.

Quote, their discussions, according to Southcom, focused on U.S.

efforts to counter threats that undermine security, stability, and democracy in our hemisphere.

Absolutely no mistake that they are shaking hands in front of a giant map of Cuba, Ryan.

Yeah, and he was asked about that in his press conference, and he said, yeah, that was to send a signal.

Also, what he said in that clip is just a flat-out lie.

Forget Venezuela.

Mexico and every other country that wants to sell oil to Cuba, not give it away, sell it, is told that they're not allowed to do that by the United States.

I don't know why he keeps telling this lie so confidently, but he does.

Russia brought a tanker there and Trump allowed it to go through.

The fact that Trump had to say that he was allowing a Russian tanker to go to Cuba tells you that there is a blockade.

If there was no blockade...

Trump would have nothing to do with a transaction between Russia and Cuba.