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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 5%(1)Centre 42%(8)Right 53%(10)

Percentages are shares of the 19 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 13 of the 32 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

32 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 19 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

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.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 26 Sept 2026, 17:15, and will add the sides that appear.

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

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

8 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

10 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 19 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 5% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 53% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 32. 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 19 rated outlets on this story, 5% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 53% 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 32 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?
32 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.

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Right

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