Washington DC, May 21 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States wants to help Cuba on humanitarian grounds amid the country's ongoing economic and power crisis.

Speaking to reporters, Trump dismissed speculation that the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz near the region was aimed at intimidating the Cuban government.

"No, not at all. The Cuba look, it's a failed country. Everybody knows it. They don't have electricity, they don't have money, they don't have really anything. They don't have food. And we're going to help them along and we're going to help them because the people because number one, I want to help them on a humanitarian basis," he said.

He also referred to the Cuban-American community in ...