Trump denies deploying aircraft carrier to intimidate Cuba
President Donald Trump denied that he deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean to intimidate Cuba one day after his Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro.
TL;DR
- President Trump denied deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean to intimidate Cuba.
- The deployment occurred the day after the Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro.
- Trump described U.S. actions in Cuba as humanitarian and called the nation "a failed country."
- The indictment of Castro and five others is related to a 1996 attack on two aircraft operated by the Brothers to the Rescue exile group.
- Charges include conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals and aircraft destruction.
- Trump stated that the U.S. is "freeing up Cuba."