Sen. Ted Cruz

And they were dependent on the Soviet Union for energy and for money.

Then America wins the Cold War.

We defeat the Soviet Union.

And suddenly Cuba became dependent on Venezuela.

And the Faustian bargain they cut with Venezuela is that Venezuela would provide Cuba with oil and with money.

And Cuba provided Venezuela with thugs, with soldiers and thugs to oppress the people.

Yes.

And so you look, when Maduro was arrested, he was surrounded by about 100 Cuban soldiers.

It was Cubans who were guarding Maduro.

They were...

And when we arrested Maduro, what that did is it removed the lifeline of oil that was coming to Cuba from Venezuela.

So they're no longer getting oil from Venezuela.

For a brief period of time, Mexico stepped in to the breach and was providing oil to Cuba.

And President Trump, quite rightly, leaned on Mexico and said, stop it, cut off the oil.

You look at Cuba right now, their economy is in absolute free fall.

The public transportation has been shut down.

They've run out of jet fuel.

And that economic crisis is powerful.

Now, will the regime fall?

I don't know.