🧵 Saga file #85
Trump and Rubio Cuba policy
Oct 23, 10 PM ET to Oct 26, 8 AM ET
- 2parts so far
- 20outlets carried a part
- 🫏6 · 6 · 8🐘left · center · right
- 2.4 daysrunning so far
- 4 minof TV captions
- 6people retold it online
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 24, 2 AM ET · on the front pages 1.9 daysRubio urges Cubans to work discreetly with CIA
- Oct 23, 10 PM ET · on the front pages 2.4 daysTrump proposes military action in Cuba after Iran conflict
📰 Spread
each part on the front pages, hour by hour
🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. Rubio urges Cubans to work discreetly with CIA
Oct 24, 2 AM ET · 10 outlets · on the front pages 1.9 days
“After Trump floats military option, Rubio urges Cubans seeking change to work discreetly with CIA” first: Just the News
📺 CNN 69 s, Fox News 26 s · 🧶 retold by 6
2. Trump proposes military action in Cuba after Iran conflict
Oct 23, 10 PM ET · 13 outlets · on the front pages 2.4 days
“WATCH: Trump at GOP rally in Florida revives idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran” first: PBS NewsHour
📺 Fox News 2 min, CNN 47 s
🧩 How it's been told
the stories under the saga, day by day, from our motif index (✨ new to the saga that day)
- 2026-10-26 Bay of Pigs ×2
- 2026-10-25 ✨ Bay of Pigs ×1
- 2026-10-24 ✨ U.S. overreach ×1
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- Marco Rubio called on Cubans to form a discreet partnership with the CIA to bring political change. told by 6 people, on “Rubio urges Cubans to work discreetly with CIA”
🧩 Bay of Pigs