Communist Cuba has been a thorn in America’s side for nearly 70 years. Every president since Dwight Eisenhower has had to deal with a hostile regime less than 90 miles from the United States. But recent events have presented President Donald Trump with a historic opportunity, and the president should seize it.

The Cuban regime, nominally headed by President Manuel Diaz-Canel but in fact controlled by an oppressive security apparatus, is tottering. Now is the time for the Trump administration to increase diplomatic pressure so that a threat close to our shores can swiftly arrive in its proper place on the ash heap of history.