<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> told CNN on Friday morning (Saturday morning AEDT) that Cuba "is going to fall pretty soon".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/cuba" rel="" target="" title="Cuba"><span>Cuba</span></a><span> is gonna fall too. They want to make a deal so badly," he told CNN's Dana Bash in a phone interview when touting US military success in his second term.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They want to make a deal, and so I'm going to put Marco [Rubio] over there and we'll see how that works out. We're really focused on this one right now. We've got plenty of time, but Cuba's ready — after 50 years," he added, explaining that Iran is the current priority.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-donald-trump-rules-out-negotiating-with-iran-unconditional-surrender/e16f67ed-4bbc-4d1e-9d93-5da95b04ad90"><strong><span>Trump rules out talks absent Iran's 'unconditional surrender'</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He added of Cuba: "I've been watching it for 50 years, and it's fallen right into my lap because of me, it's fallen, but it's nevertheless fallen right into the lap. And we're doing very well."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A day earlier, Trump said at the White House that it's only a "question of time" before American Cubans can return to their home country, appearing to say that's next on the administration's agenda after the on-going war with Iran.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's doing some job, and your next one is going to be, we want to do that special Cuba," Trump said on Thursday referring to his Secretary of State. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-says-cuba-to-fall-soon/53ecb406-2629-415d-9b60-cefab14412af" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's waiting. But he says, 'Let's get this one finished first.' We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen. If you watch countries over the years, you do them all too fast, bad things happen. We're not going to let anything bad happen to this country."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>