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ICYMI: Donalds Joins Meet The Press

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This press release from Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) was published on 2026-04-13 and titled "ICYMI: Donalds Joins Meet The Press". It focuses on taxes and touches on foreign policy.

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ICYMI: Donalds Joins Meet The Press

WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined Meet the Press on NBC News to discuss his opposition to Cuba's communist dictatorship and the ongoing conflict in Iran. Watch the full interview here . "I believe there needs to be full-scale regime change in Cuba": "I believe there needs to be full-scale regime change in Cuba. What you just heard was a dictator who wants to have the same deal as the Castro brothers. That he wants to be able to rule Cuba with an iron fist and die in office. That's what it sounded [like] to me. I think what the American people need to understand is that Cuba, for 67 years, has been a communist dictatorship. They have suppressed the free speech of the Cuban people. The Cuban people today are rationing food. You talked about their power grid. Their economy is flat on their back. And I think for what Díaz-Canel was saying —about how there don't have to be any changes for Cuba to be better—is a lie. "A nuclear Iran is just simply unacceptable": "I believe so. I think that's the core mission that the President has been talking about for quite some time. And it's not just over the last 40 days that we've been dealing with this; the President has been speaking about this for years. Number two, and for the American people again, please understand: what the President is having to do now is to fix the foreign policy mess of several presidents when it's come to Iran. In his first term as president, through his sanctions, he had the Iranian government flat on their back. Joe Biden comes in [and] undoes all that. The Iranians were able to reconstitute their economy and, as a result, begin the enrichment process again. So, the President is trying to use every lever possible in order to bring this situation under control once and for all. A nuclear Iran is just simply unacceptable because that is a theocratic regime who is hell-bent on global jihad. They are hell-bent on spreading terror around the globe. That's been their modus operandi for 47 years." ###

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ICYMI: Donalds Joins Meet The Press WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined Meet the Press on NBC News to discuss his opposition to Cuba's communist dictatorship and the ongoing conflict in Iran. Watch the full interview here . "I believe there needs to be full-scale regime change in Cuba": "I believe there needs to be full-scale regime change in Cuba. What you just heard was a dictator who wants to have the same deal as the Castro brothers. That he wants to be able to rule Cuba with an iron fist and die in office. That's what it sounded [like] to me. I think what the American people need to understand is that Cuba, for 67 years, has been a communist dictatorship. They have suppressed the free speech of the Cuban people. The Cuban people today are rationing food. You talked about their power grid. Their economy is flat on their back. And I think for what Díaz-Canel was saying —about how there don't have to be any changes for Cuba to be better—is a lie. "A nuclear Iran is just simply unacceptable": "I believe so. I think that's the core mission that the President has been talking about for quite some time. And it's not just over the last 40 days that we've been dealing with this; the President has been speaking about this for years. Number two, and for the American people again, please understand: what the President is having to do now is to fix the foreign policy mess of several presidents when it's come to Iran. In his first term as president, through his sanctions, he had the Iranian government flat on their back. Joe Biden comes in [and] undoes all that. The Iranians were able to reconstitute their economy and, as a result, begin the enrichment process again. So, the President is trying to use every lever possible in order to bring this situation under control once and for all. A nuclear Iran is just simply unacceptable because that is a theocratic regime who is hell-bent on global jihad. They are hell-bent on spreading terror around the globe. That's been their modus operandi for 47 years." ###