Trump calls it a threat to National SecurityPhoto: Barreras / elTOQUE archive. The order states that intelligence and defense facilities operate in Cuba that “directly threaten the national security of the United States,” highlighting what it describes as the largest Russian signals intelligence installation outside its territory. According to the document, these actions are not only contrary to the democratic values promoted by the United States, but also “destabilize the region” and threaten US foreign policy. The stated objective of this system is to indirectly pressure Cuba by limiting its access to oil, a critical input for its economy and energy system. Implicitly, it responds to one of the oldest demands of a sizable sector of the Cuban exile community in the United States: to consider the Cuban regime and its policies a threat to US national security.