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News & Current Events Mar 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM

Trump appears to relax de facto oil blockade on Cuba as Russian oil tanker nears island

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Trump appears to relax de facto oil blockade on Cuba as Russian oil tanker arrives
the Guardian
Trump appears to relax de facto oil blockade on Cuba as Russian oil tanker arrives
US president says he has ‘no problem’ with countries sending some oil to Cuba, in potential lifeline to island nation

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tapdancinghellspawn Mar 30, 2026 +1
Don't you mean, Putin's Puppet.
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ilevelconcrete Mar 30, 2026 +1
Why would Putin’s puppet keep sending weapons to Ukraine?
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Prestigious_Chard_90 Mar 30, 2026 +1
So the American industrial complex can profit.
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ilevelconcrete Mar 30, 2026 +1
Why would Putin accept that?
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fathersmuck Mar 30, 2026 +1
Because congress makes him and he got in trouble for shutting it off in the first term
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ilevelconcrete Mar 30, 2026 +1
Listen to what you’re saying right now lol Would you ever say Congress forces Trump to do anything in literally any other scenario??
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Doomskander Mar 30, 2026 +1
He doesn't, he sells it and then doesn't even deliver
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Kaidanovsky Mar 30, 2026 +1
He isn't sending it. 
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tedecristal Mar 30, 2026 +1
He can't go against his master. Such a weak man
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_Sadism_ Mar 30, 2026 +1
Relaxes blockade = weak man Does not relax blockade = monster for starving Cuban people
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BillieBlanus Mar 30, 2026 +1
Let me get this straight. Cuba has blackouts. The country is "next". His words. Food. Medicine. Energy. Running short. Immediately afterward, oil is let through from.... his daddy. Daddy's picture is mounted on the wall in the White House. And the only thing you can think of is to justify it. Are you actually OK? Mentally? Politics are hard. This thing is much easier if you just assume Trump is a monster. It all starts to make more sense from there. Just accept it. Embrace it. It becomes *so much easier* once you do.
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TheSpartan273 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Yeah I hate Trump as much as the next man but this is a silly thing to be angry about. Even if it's to help "fill Putin's coffers" or whatever, getting oil to Cubans who are facing a major humanitarian crisis right now takes precedence over everything else. Also, what's stopping other countries to do the same? More sanctions? The horror!
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Sidwill Mar 30, 2026 +1
A humanitarian crisis that Trump has exacerbated by cutting off trade and isolating them. Dont forget that part.
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curiousthoughts20 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Trump is Putin's lackey - of course he'll roll over.
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HellaTroi Mar 30, 2026 +1
Oh, this isn't for Cuba's benefit. Anything to help fill Putin's coffers.
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TheSpartan273 Mar 30, 2026 +1
The US is a paper tiger but regardless, this is a good thing for Cubans. It's just too bad other countries don't have the courage to defy Trump's stupid blockade to help them.
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WillingArm2463 Mar 30, 2026 +1
TACO Tuesday came early this week.
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Gamera971 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Putin decides Donald is just the B**** Boy.
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ApprehensiveNet5469 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Why is Trump going after Cuba? What does he want with Cuba?
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jpurdy Mar 30, 2026 +1
For decades wealthy Cubans who fled wanted their lands back, wanted the U.S. to make that happen. They were big Republican donors. The old men still left and their descendants, and children of poor Cubans like Rubio, still want the U.S. to help them take over Cuba. Then of course the still anti-“godless communism” BS.
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blazesquall Mar 30, 2026 +1
America has been f****** Cuba for decades.. Trump is just escalating it even further.
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TemperateStone Mar 30, 2026 +1
He probably forgot about it.
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monkeywithgun Mar 30, 2026 +1
>Trump, Russia, Oil. 'Relax...'
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Existing-Tough-6517 Mar 30, 2026 +1
What's weird is we stole oil from Venezuela. They normally sell oil to Cuba which we want to be aligned with us rather than Russia and China. Why didn't we turn around and sell the oil we stole to the people who normally buy it?
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PWL51 Mar 30, 2026 +1
He doesn’t want to piss The boss off
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Hoodrow-Thrillson Mar 30, 2026 +1
Russian oil wasn't blocked to begin with so I don't know what that headline is on about.
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