Cuba’s top diplomat has issued a warning to the United States against any attempts at military intervention or domination, sharply condemning a recent escalation of hostile rhetoric from Washington that has included open threats of regime change and covert intelligence recruitment.

"We reject every threat related to US ambitions toward Cuba," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez wrote in a post on X on Friday. "Our coastline is full of beautiful beaches, but there are also razor-sharp limestone spikes, an inhospitable environment for those who make it to our shores with hostile purposes and lust for domination."

Rodriguez’s reference describes the razor-sharp, jagged coastal limestone and coral formations that line much of the Cuban coastline, historically making unauthorized amphibious landings exceedingly difficult and dangerous.

The Foreign Minister's remarks were a direct response to comments made earlier Friday by US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Florida.

Addressing the crowd, Trump boasted about US naval movements, stating that American ships returning from the war in Iran "will pass Cuba" and that "we'll have one of them stop about 50 yards off the coast."

"They'll raise up their hands. And then we're going to send [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio in to finish up the deal," Trump declared, openly hinting at a forced capitulation of the Cuban government.

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The diplomatic war of words was further inflamed by an unusual and provocative move by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who publicly called on Cuban citizens to make "discreet" contact with American intelligence services to help overthrow the island's government.

"To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba -- now is the time," Rubio posted on social media. "The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discreet partnership with the CIA."

The public recruitment drive evokes memories of the CIA's long history of covert operations against Havana, most notably the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.