President Trump signed an executive order expanding US sanctions against Cuba that target "people, entities and affiliates that support the Cuban government's security apparatus or are complicit in corruption or serious human rights violations, as well as agents, officials or supporters of the government." Secondary sanctions are authorized "for conducting or facilitating transactions with those targeted under the order." Trump joked that that the US will "be taking [Cuba] over almost immediately."

From Alex Jones Live:

President Trump signed an Executive Order on Friday expanding US sanctions against Cuba.

Two White House officials who spoke to Reuters said the sanctions target "people, entities and affiliates that support the Cuban government's security apparatus or are complicit in corruption or serious human rights violations, as well as agents, officials or supporters of the government."

The order also authorizes secondary sanctions "for conducting or facilitating transactions with those targeted under the order."

Cuba's President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, said the new sanctions were part of a "brutal, genocidal" blockade against his country.

"The blockade and its reinforcement cause so much harm because of the intimidating and arrogant behavior of the world's greatest military power," he wrote on X.

The country's foreign minister said the measures were "collective punishment."

According to one expert, the sanctions are the most significant measures for non-American companies since the embargo began decades ago.

They will mean that companies "that have carefully segregated their Cuba operations from the United States are no longer protected."