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Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed

US President Donald Trump stated his belief that an agreement will be reached with Cuba.

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Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed

What this story says

  • US President Donald Trump stated that the United States and Cuba will reach an agreement.
  • Trump said he does not believe military action against Cuba will be necessary.
  • The stated goal of the US President is to 'open Cuba for our people'.
  • CBS News reported that the US military was considering providing support units to the Southern Command, with planning focused on Cuba.

Who covered it

Left 30%(19)Centre 27%(17)Right 43%(27)

Percentages are shares of the 63 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 91 of the 154 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

20/100

154 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 19 of the 63 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

US President Donald Trump stated that the United States and Cuba will reach an agreement and that military action will not be necessary. Trump said his goal is to 'open Cuba for our people', adding that many Americans of Cuban descent wish to return to the island. Previously, Trump had stated at the UN General Assembly that Cuba's system of government was collapsing.

CBS News reported that the US military was considering providing support units to the Southern Command, with planning focused on Cuba. Unnamed US officials confirmed to CBS News that the planning was being conducted with Cuba in mind.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the centre or right-rated digests mentioned the CBS News report about the US military considering providing support units to the Southern Command with planning focused on Cuba. The full report from Interfax.ru, rated right, did include this detail.

Coverage settled. We checked this 14 times and stopped on 1 Oct 2026, 22:45. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

19 rated outlets

  • Left-rated outlets reported that President Trump stated the US and Cuba would reach an agreement and that military action would not be required. This was a shift from his earlier comments at the UN calling Cuba a "failed state."
  • Several outlets noted Trump's statement that "freedom will come" to Cuba. One report mentioned the Cuban foreign minister's condemnation of US "collective punishment."
  • The digests did not mention any specific details about US policy changes or actions, such as an oil blockade, that the Trump administration had implemented.

Centre

17 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports led on President Trump's prediction that the US and Cuba would reach a deal and that military action would not be required. These reports included Trump's statement that 'Cuba and us will make a deal'. Several digests noted that Trump made these remarks on Saturday. The digests also carried Trump's stated goal to 'open Cuba for our people'.

Right

27 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports focused on President Trump's assertion that military action against Cuba would not be necessary. The Interfax.ru report, which was a full article, included Trump's statement: 'I believe that we want to make a deal with Cuba. I don't think we will need the military.' These reports also mentioned Trump's previous statement at the UN General Assembly that Cuba's government system was collapsing.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed?
Of the 63 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 30% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 43% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 154. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 63 rated outlets on this story, 30% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 43% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed biased?
Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed is one event reported by 154 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump says US and Cuba will reach deal, no military action needed?
154 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Donald Trump say about relations with Cuba?
US President Donald Trump stated that he believes the United States and Cuba will reach an agreement. He also said that military action against Cuba would not be necessary and that his goal is to 'open Cuba for our people'.
Did Donald Trump previously comment on Cuba's government?
Yes, Donald Trump previously stated at the UN General Assembly that Cuba's system of government was collapsing and predicted its full disintegration.
What did CBS News report regarding US military planning?
CBS News reported that the US military was considering providing support units to the Southern Command. Unnamed US officials confirmed to CBS News that planning was being conducted with Cuba in mind.

Read it at the source

154 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

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