Magazine article
Trump is sowing fear over Cuba, terrorism and the ‘radical left’. This is what could come next
The Conversation, Vol.28 July 2026
2026
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is again taking aim at Cuba. This time, however, the Trump administration is framing Havana as a decades-long sponsor of terrorism and espionage that has helped cultivate the “radical left” in the United States.
As part of this, the administration is making pains to link Cuba with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which is growing politically in the US, thanks to Zohran Mamdani’s win as New York City mayor and other victories.
And it comes against the backdrop of fear-mongering by US President Donald Trump about the prospect of communism threatening the US again. He has specifically linked Democrats to communism, as well.
So, why is the Trump administration making this spurious argument, and why now?
Details
- Title
- Trump is sowing fear over Cuba, terrorism and the ‘radical left’. This is what could come next
- Authors
- Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.28 July 2026
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.mqcrnarfk
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- International Office; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991247999702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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