Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) caused irony meters to explode on Wednesday after critics suggested his swipe at Cuba’s leadership could just as easily apply to Donald Trump’s White House.
Kennedy, appearing on Fox News after federal prosecutors leveled charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro over a 1996 downing of civilian planes, described Raúl’s brother, the late Cuban President Fidel Castro, as “evil” but “pretty smart.”
He then turned his fire on the island’s current leaders, as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to unseat the communist government.
“They are like three-wheeled shopping carts,” said Kennedy.
“I mean they are incompetent,” he continued. “All they know how to do is oppress people. They take all their money and they give it to the military and the police and themselves, and to hell with the good people of Cuba.”
“And that’s not a model for success and they’re gone and they just don’t know it yet,” he added, suggesting regime change was imminent.
Critics on social media quickly pointed out the irony, arguing Kennedy’s description could just as easily be read as a critique of the current U.S. leadership under Donald Trump.