India, May 15 -- As news broke of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Havana on May 14, Trump ally and political activist Laura Loomer posted a blunt message on X the following day: "Cuba is about to be liberated." The post captured exactly what Washington's actions were pointing toward.

Ratcliffe had flown directly to Cuba to deliver a stark warning from President Donald Trump to the island's leaders and in a coordinated move on the same day, news also broke that the United States is moving to indict former Cuba president Raul Castro, hitting the Communist government from multiple directions at once.

Ratcliffe's visit made him the highest-ranking Trump administration official to ever set foot in Cuba. According to a CIA statement, h...