‘False flag incoming’: Journalists wince as Trump admin hints at major military operation

A U.S. official’s statement to Axios published on Sunday has a number of journalists bracing for impact, several of whom accused the Trump administration of “misleading” the American public in a “deplorable” attempt to “justify” a U.S. invasion of a sovereign nation.

Axios’ report claims that Cuban leaders had recently discussed plans to “attack” the United States and its assets abroad using military drones, with Axios’ Marc Caputo citing an anonymous U.S. official as the source of the claim.

Despite being involved in an ongoing war against Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly set his sights on Cuba, which his administration is currently starving of resources with crippling sanctions that have shuttered hospitals and made food scarce. Last month, reporting revealed that Trump had actively considered “another abduction operation” to capture Cuban government leaders, much as his administration had with January’s kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Going after the cartels.