Trump says looks like 'I'll be the one' to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that US presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades but it looks like 'I'll be the one that does it'.

''Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years, doing something,'' Trump told reporters during an unrelated environmental event in the Oval Office, when asked about Cuba. ''And, it looks like I'll be the one that does it. So, I would be happy to do it.''.

He added that the US wants to open Cuba ''up to Cuban Americans, where they can go back and help.''.

Trump didn't answer questions about the aircraft carrier Nimitz having reportedly entered the southern Caribbean on Wednesday. Nor did he clarify exactly what he meant.

Still, the president's comments deviated from Wednesday, when the president was asked about a possible US escalation in Cuba and suggested one wasn't coming.

He called Cuba a failed country and said, ''They don't have electricity. They don't have money. They don't have really anything,'' before adding, ''We're going to help them along.''

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