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J. D. Vance: “Cuba, it is a system that hasn't worked. They can't make any…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President JD Vance Briefs Members of the Media, Jun. 18, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 33:19

You guys have to ask Marco about Cuba. That's not, look, our view. Go ahead, in a second, but let me just actually answer this guy's question. Fundamentally, in Cuba, it is a system that hasn't worked. They can't make any money. Their economy is, frankly, probably in worse shape than the Iranian economy. It's 90 miles from our shore. So every time that there's a crisis, you end up having desperate refugees or desperate, you know, people who can't feed their families trying to flood into our country. (33:19–33:27)

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Asserts that Cuba's economic system is failing and possibly worse than Iran's.

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