{"id":57853,"date":"2026-03-02T13:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=57853"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:26:47","slug":"cubas-next-says-lindsey-graham-as-illegal-trump-israel-war-on-iran-kills-hundreds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/cubas-next-says-lindsey-graham-as-illegal-trump-israel-war-on-iran-kills-hundreds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cuba\u2019s Next,\u2019 Says Lindsey Graham as Illegal Trump-Israel War on Iran Kills Hundreds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As American and Israeli bombs kill hundreds of Iranians \u2013 <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/death-toll-israeli-strike-iran-girls-school-rises-180\">reportedly<\/a> including at least 180 students and others at a girl\u2019s school in Minab \u2013 Sen. <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/lindsey-graham\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> said Sunday that President <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is \u201con a roll\u201d and that <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/cuba\">Cuba<\/a> is the next nation in the US regime change crosshairs.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <em>Fox News<\/em>, Graham (R-SC) said prematurely that \u201cTrump finished the job\u201d that former President <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/ronald-reagan\">Ronald Reagan<\/a> \u201cfailed to do,\u201d namely, destroy Iran\u2019s Islamist government after the overthrow of a brutal US-backed monarchy in 1979. \u201cI am a big admirer of Ronald Reagan but I\u2019m here to tell you that <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, in my opinion, is the gold standard for <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/republicans\">Republicans<\/a>, maybe any president, when it comes to foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaduro \u2013 everybody talked about him, well, Donald Trump\u2019s got him in jail,\u201d Graham said of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who was <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/nicolas-maduro\">abducted<\/a> along with his wife two months by invading US forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba\u2019s next. They\u2019re gonna fall,\u201d Graham said of the revolutionary government in Havana that\u2019s outlasted a dozen American presidents, despite <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2016\/3\/22\/1504754\/-Obama-Should-Apologize-to-the-Cuban-People\">decades<\/a> of US-led assassination attempts, sabotage, and subversion. \u201cThis communist dictatorship in Cuba, their days are numbered.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lindsey Graham: Cuba is next. They are going to fall. Their days are numbered. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XZd1PyIqDP\">pic.twitter.com\/XZd1PyIqDP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/2028298292166312293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The remarks by Graham \u2013 who previously berated Trump as a \u201c<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3SmM_N4Zy_U\">jackass<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/amp\/648886cc45364935bbd2ea82c8bcbdc2\">nut job<\/a>,\u201d and \u201c<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2019\/10\/07\/trump-lindsey-graham-syria-kurds-turkey-229541\/\">loser<\/a>\u201d unfit to be commander-in-chief \u2013 come amid reporting that Trump is feeling buoyed by what he views as successful attacks on Iran and <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/venezuela\">Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is feeling like, \u2018I\u2019m on a roll,\u2019 like, \u2018This is working,\u2019\u201d one unnamed <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> official <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national-security\/2026\/03\/cuba-trump-iran-venezuela\/686203\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Atlantic<\/em>\u2018s Vivian Salama over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This, from a president who said he deplored regime change and <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-peace-president-war.html\">vowed<\/a> \u201cno new wars\u201d while running for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>A day before launching the US-Israeli war of choice against Iran, Trump <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-friendly-takeover-cuba\">floated<\/a> what he described as a \u201cfriendly takeover\u201d of Cuba, prompting vehement condemnation from Havana. Cuba is already suffering under decades of US <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/sanctions\">sanctions<\/a> that have devastated the socialist nation\u2019s economy and the <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/cuba-infant-mortality\">well-being<\/a> of its people.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Trump issued an <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/01\/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba\/\">executive order<\/a> baselessly declaring that Cuba poses \u201can unusual and extraordinary threat\u201d to US national security and <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-cuba-regime-change\">tightening the blockade<\/a> to further starve the island of fuel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vtwv2edeyhasfqgd53x5yius\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mfz7hropn22f\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreialwu3jftgzsz4yuwmz6es34krx2fdswdngr4s63kl3ehromytmgy\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Trump 2.0 seems to be about regime change. Is Cuba next? Listen onApple: interc.pt\/40A4gef Spotify: interc.pt\/4aKpVqd Elsewhere: interc.pt\/4l53fod@mjbusta.bsky.social @andrespertierra.bsky.social @akelalacy.bsky.social<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vtwv2edeyhasfqgd53x5yius?ref_src=embed\">The Intercept (@theintercept.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vtwv2edeyhasfqgd53x5yius\/post\/3mfz7hropn22f?ref_src=embed\">2026-03-01T16:56:53.949Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Graham has backed every single US war since he was elected to Congress in 1994 and has openly advocated regime change in Cuba for more than a decade. He has also been <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/lindsey-graham\">accused<\/a> of incitement to <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/genocide\">genocide<\/a> for urging Israel to \u201clevel\u201d Gaza \u2013 whose border crossings Israel has <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/gaza-borders\">closed again<\/a>, citing the attack on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s support for regime change in Iran has been condemned across the political spectrum, from progressive Democrats including <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/01\/iran-attacks-republican-democrat-reactions?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Rep. Ro Khanna<\/a> of California to far-right figures like the late activist Charlie Kirk \u2013 who lambasted the senator\u2019s hawkish stance as \u201c<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/charlie-kirk-iran-regime-change-operation-epic-fury-11599363\">pathologically insane<\/a>\u201d shortly before his assassination last year.<\/p>\n<p>If the US does strike Cuba, it would be the 11th country attacked during Trump\u2019s two terms in the <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>. The president \u2013 who has said he feels snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize \u2013 has bombed Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/libya\" target=\"_self\">Libya<\/a>, <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/pakistan\" target=\"_self\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/somalia\" target=\"_self\">Somalia<\/a>, <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/syria\" target=\"_self\">Syria<\/a>, Venezuela, and <a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/yemen\" target=\"_self\">Yemen<\/a>, as well as dozens of boats allegedly transporting drugs in international waters in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As American and Israeli bombs kill hundreds of Iranians \u2013 reportedly including at least 180 students and others at a girl\u2019s school in Minab \u2013 Sen. 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