Trump tells UN 'freedom will come to Cuba, security will come to Mexico'; Díaz-Canel fires back

In his UN General Assembly address, Trump called Cuba a 'completely failed state' and predicted its government's collapse, saying 'communism will never come to America, but freedom will come to Cuba, and security will come to Mexico' — coupling both holdout states in the same line. President Díaz-Canel responded that Trump 'once again claims at the UN that Cuba poses a threat' through 'lies' and 'refuses to acknowledge the Cuban people's right to self-determination,' adding '#CubaIsNotAThreat, but the blockade is.' The exchange came days after the US imposed fresh sanctions (17 September) on eleven Cuban military and mining-sector entities and individuals, which Díaz-Canel said would make the sanctions list 'endless.'