I've said it before. Trump *just happening to help Putin* isn't a pattern.
It's a f****** loop.
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35nRetiredMar 30, 2026
+16
Why did we have a blockade in the first place to choke Cuba out of their oil so they can't even run hospitals to save people, let alone millions of starving people?
Honest question, too much going in the world and Cuba sounded like it got the c*** end of the stick.
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brickoutMar 30, 2026
+9
Because Rubio hates Cuba. That's it.
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Electrical-Lab-9593Mar 31, 2026
+3
he hates the regime his parents fled from that is the normal story i think
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Equivalent-Gur416Mar 30, 2026
+14
60 years of US resentment at having a ‘communist’ regime just off its coast. Castro and his regime introduced universal healthcare and education, which were essentially absent for ordinary Cubans before the revolution. Cuba would be a very prosperous country today if it wasn’t for the US.
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alexidhdMar 30, 2026
-10
That’s simply false. Their biggest trading partners are Spain, China, Germany and France - you can clearly see they freely trade with a lot of wealthy western nations, not everyone has to revolve around the US. They are dirt poor because their economic doctrine is not viable in the real world, no socialist economy can ever be prosperous.
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RareBidMar 30, 2026
+7
So you’re saying Cuba’s current economic struggles have nothing to do with over 60 years of US sanctions, coups, and interference? Name one country that tried socialist policies without US meddling
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xnmylMar 30, 2026
+11
You're incorrect.
Trade with all of those countries is limited by the US embargo. Their primary export is medical services because medicine us exempt from the embargo
They do not have free trade as you claim
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alexidhdMar 30, 2026
-4
Why would you try tu push false information when their trade volumes are publicly available? Top exports (among all trading partners) are Nickel, Rum, Cigars and tobacco related products, Zinc and Cane sugar both raw and refined variants - in this order. Medical exports aren’t even in their top 10 categories…
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Famous-Attorney6699Mar 30, 2026
+2
China though…
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Inevitable_ButtholeMar 30, 2026
+5
US are terrorists thats why.
They simply dont like Cuba and want to weaken it before they invade.
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CyanConatusMar 30, 2026
+6
Well, long story short the Cuban government structure (Socialist) isn't what the US wants. And the US doesn't like that.
It's more complicated than that but basically comes down to that
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Turbulent-Daikon-902Mar 31, 2026
+2
Never complicated when colonialism is the end game.
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super_fallguysMar 30, 2026
+13
Hard to fathom that tens of millions of Americans thought electing a wimp president was the way to go.
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pres465Mar 30, 2026
+8
George H.W. Bush was famously labeled a wimp President. Even though he was WII fighter pilot and head of the CIA for years. Donald isn't even a wimp. He's a draft dodger with no impulse control and no respect for the military.
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super_fallguysMar 30, 2026
+3
The intent in my use of the word wimp is pointing out the fact Trump has no conviction in the things he believes in, and therefore makes positions that is circumstantially and politically beneficial to him and distances himself from those that inconveniences him. He is a show business person, and runs our government like a show business. Yes he has no impulse control and yes he has no respect for others. Personally, I think he is weak and not strong.
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Wrong-Somewhere2635Mar 30, 2026
+5
Bold to use the term "loosened". More like US did not want a confrontation with Russia.
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edwardthefirstMar 30, 2026
+4
How does this help the US? How does this even help the aspired takeover of Cuba?
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Fit-Cable1547Mar 30, 2026
+5
I think he's just letting Cuba dangle until he can get out of the mess he's started in Iran. If that's even possible at this point... Then he'll be back to "taking" Cuba.
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yzerman88Mar 30, 2026
+3
“Why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator, who would eat you for lunch”
- Kamala Harris
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Siggy1963Mar 30, 2026
+3
When Putin says Jump, Donny jumps
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No_Monk_4477Mar 30, 2026
+2
I wish TACO hated pootin as much as he hates Americans
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ghost_n_the_shellMar 30, 2026
+3
So, I am glad Cuba is getting the oil.
For the people of Cuba who are suffering.
In fact, the US should have allowed oil to come from anywhere.
But oh look. It’s from Putin.
Come on USA. Trump is Putins b****. It’s right in front of your noses. Wake up already.
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Maleficent_Suit_1807Mar 30, 2026
+1
It's a high-stakes waiting game. Most crews are on 24/7 security watch due to the "warlike operations" designation, balancing extreme boredom with the constant threat of drones or mines. Under maritime law like the MLC, they're technically entitled to high-risk danger pay and have the legal right to refuse to stay in the zone, but with 2,000 ships stuck, many are just focused on maintaining "dark mode" readiness and hoping for a naval e***** or a diplomatic breakthrough to get them moving again.
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osallentMar 30, 2026
+1
Sadly I do thank you but I still on the table towards the end of the year. I think this was just Trump's way of dangling Cuba off a little longer while he looks for a way out of the huge mess he has made in the Middle East.
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bliss19Mar 30, 2026
+1
Brought to you by PDF president whose base will do any mental gymnastics to defend his illegal war in Iran
Expect take responsibility for picking the wrong guy
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