Trump has effectively cut Cuba off from key oil shipments to force regime change.
People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. As carmakers shift to digital dashboard, lawmakers push to keep AM radioRubio denies Zelenskyy’s claim that the US asked Ukraine to cede land to Russia for security deal“We have a tanker out there.
We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need … they have to survive,” Trump told reporters as he flew back to Washington. When asked if a New York Times report that the tanker would be allowed to reach Cuba was true, Trump said: “I told them, if a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem whether it’s Russia or not.” On Monday, Russia’s Transport Ministry said the oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arrived at the Cuban port of Matanzas carrying “humanitarian supplies” of about 730,000 barrels of oil. The vessel is sanctioned by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom following the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russia had previously discussed its oil shipment to Cuba with the United States. “Russia сonsiders it its duty not to stand aside, but to provide the necessary assistance to our Cuban friends,” he told reporters. Trump, whose government has come at its Caribbean adversary more aggressively than any U.S. government in recent history, has effectively cut Cuba off from key oil shipments in an effort toActivists from the vessel Maguro, which arrived from Mexico, unload solar panels and other humanitarian aid from the “Nuestra America,” or Our America convoy, at the port in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Cubans already grappling with years of crisis, and a lack of gasoline and basic resources has crippled hospital and slashed public transport. Experts say the anticipated shipment could produce about 180,000 barrels of diesel, enough to feed Cuba’s daily demand for nine or 10 days. Cuba has long been at the heart of geopolitical tug-of-war between the U.S. and Russia, dating back decades. Trump on Sunday dismissed the idea that allowing the boat to reach Cuba would help Russian President Vladimir Putin.“It doesn’t help him. He loses one boatload of oil, that’s all it is. If he wants to do that, and if other countries want to do it, it doesn’t bother me much,” Trump said. “It’s not going to have an impact. Cuba’s finished. They have a bad regime. They have very bad and corrupt leadership and whether or not they get a boat of oil, it’s not going to matter.” He added: “I’d prefer letting it in, whether it’s Russia or anybody else because the people need heat and cooling and all of the other things.”San Diego loses population as immigration nosedives. What are the consequences? Its schools are falling apart, and voters won’t pass a bond. Could a little-used tactic help this district?Crews battle brush fire in Santee that prompted evacuation of shoppersTom Krasovic: MLB denying the Padres competitive-balance draft picks makes no senseTens of thousands of San Diegans gather countywide for third No Kings protests
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