Trump says he believes he has 'honor' of 'taking Cuba,' calls Caribbean island a 'very weakened nation'

"When you say Cuba is next, is Cuba - whatever you do with the military there, it seems like something - will that look more like Iran or Venezuela?" Doocy asked the president in the Oval Office.  

"I can't tell you that. I can tell you that they're talking to us. It's a failed nation. They have no money, they have no oil, they have no nothing," Trump responded, before later saying, "I do believe I'll be the honor of, having the honor of taking Cuba... That's a big honor." 

"Taking Cuba?" Doocy said. 

The Cuban government is in talks with Trump administration officials, the country's president said Friday, as Havana works to halt a potential regime change as it deals with a widening energy crisis.  

Cuba's economy has struggled since the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his home in Caracas at the start of the year. The Trump administration immediately cut off oil exports to the island.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano and Bonny Chu contributed to this report.