And joining me now is Deputy Foreign Minister of Cuba, Carlos Fernandez Deosio. Welcome to Meet the Press, Mr. . Foreign Minister.>> Thank you for having me. >> Thank you so much for being here. I do want to start off by playing for you something that President Trump said about Cuba just this week, speaking from the White House.Take a listen. >> I do believe I'll be the honor of having the honor of Taking Cuba. That'd be a good That's a big honor.>> Taking Cuba. >> Taking Cuba in some form. Yeah.Taking Cuba ...

Are we now set to strike Iran. It's too soon to say, Joe, but the strategy is looking reminiscent to what we saw in Venezuela with essentially a potential economic blockade. You know, Iran is one of the its lifeblood is its oil exports, much like Maduro's Venezuela.So this combination of economic strangulation as a potential prelude to political or military decapitation, I don't think that the president has obviously made up his mind. He's floated the idea publicly of a potential deal. But they're putting t ...