Screengrab of Senator James Comer via Newsmax
Newsmax host Rob Finnerty made an interesting claim regarding the current tensions between the United States and Cuba.
While conducting an interview with House Oversight Chairman James Comer, the Newsmax host told Comer that with gas sitting at $4.55, he finds it hard to believe that U.S. military operations in Cuba are an American First policy.
Finnerty then followed up his statement by asking Rep. Comer if he believes Cuba is a legitimate threat to the United States.
Comer responded, “If some country went in and loaded Cuba with the same drones that Iran had when we first started bombing Iran, then yes, I think it could be a threat.”
Finnerty then responded, “This just sounds like we’re trying to make the case to attack Cuba. I don’t buy it. It sounds like a false flag operation.”
WATCH:
NEWSMAX: This Cuba thing — people struggle with how this is America first when gas is $4.55 a gallon
COMER: Cuba has always been a security threat
NEWSMAX: Really?
COMER: If some country went in and loaded Cuba with the same drones Iran had, yes I think it could be a threat… pic.twitter.com/Q6dr50bOPi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 21, 2026
Mediaite provided a transcript:
FINNERTY: Do you really think that Cuba’s a threat?
COMER: If some country went in and loaded Cuba with the same drones that Iran had when we first started bombing Iran, then yes, I think it could be a threat. I don’t think that’s there. I know John Ratcliffe has been on the ground. The CIA– he’s on the ground as we speak, talking to the Cuban officials. I really don’t think, Rob, it’ll get to any type of military action, but the president is threatening that. […] But, at the end of the day, I think that we’ve got to be on guard because of the new types of warfare that’s out there with these new drones–
FINNERTY: Well, I get it–
COMER: –we’re seeing play out in Iran.
FINNERTY: I understand that. Axios had a report this week that the U.S. is concerned, I’m sure you saw this, about a possible Cuba drone strike on Florida. And I’ll be honest, Mr. Chairman, I know that you’ve got the security clearance to know more about this, but to me, this just sounds like we’re trying to make the case to attack Cuba. I don’t buy it. It sounds like a false flag operation. Would you support military action in Cuba if it came to that? And I guess, more importantly, do you buy this report in Axios?
COMER: I know that I’ve been one of the biggest critics of our intelligence over the past ten years. They’re usually wrong. They usually do everything they can to get us to the point of warfare because that’s what they like to do, apparently. But at the end of the day, I don’t think anybody right now supports an invasion of Cuba or anything else. We’re hoping that this can turn diplomatically.
Finnerty and Comer’s remarks come just days after Axios reported Cuba has acquired over 300 military drones and top Cuban officials have discussed possibly using them to attack U.S. bases such as Guantanamo Bay.
Finnerty’s remarks may not seem so outlandish considering that, in 1962, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed staging false flag events, including deadly attacks on American military and civilian targets, under a plan known as Operation Northwoods, which was ultimately rejected by President John F. Kennedy.
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