Senator \u200bTim Kaine says if anyone did to the US \u2018what we are doing to Cuba\u2019, it would be considered \u2018an act of war\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 29 Apr 2026<\/span>29 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The United States Senate has blocked a resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from ordering \u2060military action against Cuba without congressional approval.<\/p>\n The Republican-led Senate voted 51 to 47 on Tuesday, almost entirely along party lines, on a procedural measure that blocked a Democratic-led war powers resolution, \u2060as members of Trump\u2019s party argued that there are no active US hostilities against Cuba and curbing the president\u2019s powers was not necessary.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who introduced the point of order that stopped the resolution, said a war powers vote was not appropriate because Trump has not deployed \u200ctroops against Havana.<\/p>\n In a later post on social media, Scott said: \u201cIf we want REAL reform in Cuba, the illegitimate Castro\/Diaz-Canel regime must fall.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am glad that under [President Trump]\u2019s leadership, there is actual hope for a new day of freedom, prosperity and Patria y Vida (homeland and life),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Trump has threatened the Cuban leadership several times in recent months and has warned that \u201cCuba is next\u201d.<\/p>\n The warnings come amid Washington\u2019s war on Iran and following after US forces abducted Venezuela\u2019s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in early January \u2013 military operations that did not receive authorisation from Congress.<\/p>\n Most recently, Trump pledged \u201ca new dawn for Cuba\u201d.<\/p>\n Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, a lead sponsor of the resolution to curtail Trump\u2019s move against Cuba, had argued that US efforts to block fuel shipments reaching the Communist-ruled island already constituted a form of military action.<\/p>\n \u201cIf anyone were doing to the United States what we are doing to Cuba, we would definitely regard it as an act of war,\u201d Kaine said in a Senate speech before the vote.<\/p>\n \u201cMy argument is that under the terms of the resolution, we are already engaged in hostilities with Cuba because we are using American force, primarily the Coast Guard, but other assets as well, to engage in a very devastating economic blockade of the nation,\u201d Kaine said.<\/p>\n Tuesday\u2019s vote was the first pertaining to Cuba, and it comes as Democrats \u2060have failed repeatedly in both the Senate and House \u2060of Representatives to force Trump to obtain congressional authorisation for his military operations.<\/p>\n Although the US Constitution says only Congress, not the president, can declare war, that restriction does not apply to short-term \u200coperations \u200cor to counter an immediate threat.<\/p>\n The White House says Trump\u2019s actions are within his rights and obligation, as commander-in-chief, to protect the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Senator \u200bTim Kaine says if anyone did to the US \u2018what we are doing to Cuba\u2019, it would be considered \u2018an act of war\u2019. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 The United States Senate has blocked a resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from ordering \u2060military action against Cuba without congressional approval. 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