President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stated on Sunday that the island nation would defend itself “to the last drop of blood,” in response to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to reach an agreement with Washington.

Earlier in the day, President Trump had posted on Truth Social about Cuba, urging “they make a deal before it’s too late.”

“Those who blame the Revolution for our severe economic shortages should be ashamed and keep quiet. For they know and admit it: these shortages are the result of the harsh, extreme strangulation measures the U.S. has been imposing on us for six decades and now threatens to escalate further,” the Cuban wrote on X, as per a translation of the Spanish-language post.

“#Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation. No one tells us what to do. Cuba does not initiate aggression; it has been attacked by the United States for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it is preparing to defend its homeland to the last drop of blood,” he wrote in another post, as per the translation.

U.S. Rep. [last name], R-Fla., who was born in Cuba, responded to the foreign figure’s post.

“You dictators, lackeys, and executioners of the Cuban nation think you own this island. You don’t have much time left,” he stated, as per the translation of his Spanish-language post.

Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Sunday: “Cuba for many years relied on large amounts of oil and money from Venezuela. In exchange, Cuba provided ‘security services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, but no more! Most of those Cubans died in last week’s U.S. attack, and Venezuela no longer needs protection from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so long.”

“Venezuela now has the United States, the world’s most powerful military by far, to protect them, and we will protect them. There will be no more oil or money going to Cuba – none! I strongly urge them to make a deal before it’s too late,” he warned.

Rep. Gimenez thanked the president.

“I was born in Cuba and forced to leave my home shortly after the Communist takeover. Today, I represent my community in Congress. Thank you, President Trump, first for Venezuela and now for Cuba. We will always be grateful. Our hemisphere must be a hemisphere of liberty,” the lawmaker wrote in a post on X.