US president Donald Trump's term in office is due to end in January 2029. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to "get Cuba done" before leaving office, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

"I want to get Cuba done before I leave," Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt, who had asked him if he was considering "freeing Cuba" in a military intervention.

"We're watching it very closely. It's doing very poorly. It's essentially a failed place, nation, whatever you want to call it," Trump said.

The US government has recently imposed a series of sanctions on Cuba, dramatically worsening the country's years-long economic and energy crisis and the humanitarian emergency in the Caribbean state of 9.4 million people.