US President Donald Trump said the country would “take care of Cuba” on its way back from Iran, with a small stopover: one US ship could stop “about 50 yards off the coast” before Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sent in to “finish up the deal”, Sputnik reported.

At a rally, Trump said the ships returning from the Middle East would pass Cuba and that he would send Rubio “to finish up the job”, the Times of India reported.