Ben Rhodes

The other regime change we're trying right now is Trump's pushing really hard to take down the Cuban government.

It's crazy that they're doing all these projects at the same time.

How can you possibly manage all this?

Marco Rubio runs all this stuff.

So Trump seemingly has ruled out military action in Cuba so far, just he wants to do it through economic pressure.

On Sunday, he posted the following message, quote, "'Cuba lived for many years on large amounts of oil and money from Venezuela,'

In return, Cuba provided security services for the last two Venezuelan dictators, but not anymore.

Most of those Cubans are dead from last week's USA attack, and Venezuela doesn't need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years.

Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the world by far.

To protect them and protect them, we will.

There will be no more oil or money going to Cuba, zero.

I strongly suggest that they make a deal before it is too late.

Thank you for your attention in this matter, President Trump.

So an energy analyst quoted

The Miami Herald said that Venezuela exported an average of 30,000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba in 2025.

That was about half of what they needed.

Cuba also gets oil from Mexico, as I just mentioned, and also Russia, but it seems unlikely that those countries are willing or able to fill the gap.

left by Venezuela going down to zero.

So the reduction in oil, it's going to impact everything.

It's going to impact Cuba's ability to generate electricity, distribute drinking water.