The United States has shifted its strategy toward Cuba away from threats of military intervention and toward a sustained campaign of economic pressure, according to reporting by El País. While President Donald Trump has at times raised the prospect of invasion, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has long favoured a policy of financial and economic encirclement designed to gradually suffocate the Castro-era government. The approach is seen as a long-term strategy aimed at forcing political change in Cuba by 2029, without direct military confrontation.