Rubio Calls on Cubans to Work With CIA
The Facts
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, himself a Cuban-American, on Friday called on Cubans to pursue a partnership with the CIA, stating that the time has arrived for those seeking to "create positive change" on the island.
- Quoting Rubio's X post, the CIA shared a Spanish-language instructional video guide on how to contact the agency. Potential informants are told to visit a U.S. facility in person, send a trusted person if they can travel safely, or, if they can't, send a message to the CIA via a secure device and network.
- This comes less than an hour after U.S. President Donald Trump told a rally in South Florida that Navy ships returning from the Iran war would pass Cuba, with one of them stopping about 50 yards offshore, adding that he would then send Rubio in "to finish up the deal."
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The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
A regime that refuses to put free elections or one-party rule on the table has already shown that polite diplomacy alone goes nowhere. Opening a direct line to insiders who want change is smart leverage, and it treats the ruling elite as what it is: a structure with cracks and competing interests. Keeping both a deal and real pressure on the table is the only approach Havana actually respects.
Anti-Trump narrative
Advertising for spies on social media is a flashing sign that Trump's regime-change playbook has run dry, and this coup pitch disguised as a job posting fools nobody. Six decades of secret meddling failed, so there is no reason to expect a public version to work any better. Ordinary Cubans who have answered U.S. calls are the ones who have ended up in prison cells.
