The U.S. delegation touched down here bleary-eyed after a late departure following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening, in which he awarded a Medal of Honor to a pilot injured in the Maduro raid but also devoted a chunk of his 1-hour, 48-minute speech to the Middle East, promising not to let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Rubio, who in the hours before the speech also briefed members of Congress’s Gang of Eight on Iran, is scheduled to return to Washington on Wednesday evening.

Experts said that during his visit to the Caribbean, Rubio will encounter deep uncertainty about the Trump administration’s intentions in the region. “Trump’s second term has offered more questions than answers for Caribbean leaders,” said Jenna Ben-Yehuda, a former State Department official who served in numerous policy and intelligence roles in the Western Hemisphere.

Caribbean countries have been split over the U.S. military’s deadly campaign against alleged drug smugglers. Last year, amid escalating strikes on boats, CARICOM issued a statement calling the region a “zone of peace” that should be free from military intervention. Trinidad and Tobago, which has offered practical and rhetorical support to the administration’s moves, declined to sign the agreement.