Cuba is a failed nation, says US president Donald Trump

"Cuba is right now, a failed nation," the US leader told reporters aboard Air Force One. 

However, when asked if the United States would oust Cuba's government, as Washington did



when it raided Venezuela and captured president Nicolas Maduro, Trump said: "I don't think that will be necessary." 

The island is facing major fuel shortages and blackouts as Trump intensifies the decades-long US embargo on the country and presses other countries to stop sending Havana oil. "It's a humanitarian threat," Trump admitted of the fuel shortages biting the country.