White House Says Cuban Regime Is Bound to Fall

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses the media during a briefing in Washington on April 8, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch TimesWASHINGTON—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the situation in Cuba, where the population of nearly 10 million are impacted by rolling blackouts and instability, during a press briefing April 8.She further clarified President Donald Trump’s recent statement that “Cuba is next,” after the U.S. military successfully detained former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores Maduro before striking Iran in coordination with Israel.