Trump Says U.S. Military Will Conduct Additional Operations

President Trump said Wednesday night that the U.S. military could carry out additional operations in the near future. Speaking at the opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, he praised recent U.S. military performance and listed completed actions against Iran and Venezuela.

U.S. forces conducted a raid in January on the compound of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both were taken to New York and remain in custody on drug trafficking charges. U.S. forces joined Israel in striking more than 1,000 targets across Iran. The strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other senior officials.

After roughly four months of conflict, the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding that opened a 60-day period for talks on a permanent peace agreement. Officials held negotiations in Switzerland over the weekend aimed at ending the conflict.

Trump said Cuba could be the next country addressed.

He made the remark during a March speech in Miami, stating that Cuba would follow the actions already taken in Venezuela and Iran. "How good is our military? One week – Iran was essentially finished in one hour. Venezuela was finished and I guess we have other things in store, but we don’t want to get carried away," he said at the rally.

"I said, ‘You’ll never have to use it. But sometimes you have to use it. And Cuba is next, by the way," he added in the earlier Miami remarks.