politics
March 19, 2026
Trump’s Historic Opportunity with Cuba
Communist Cuba has been a thorn in America’s side for nearly 70 years. Every president since Dwight Eisenhower has had to deal with a hostile regime less than 90 miles from the United States. But recent events have presented President Donald Trump with a historic opportunity, and the president should seize it.
TL;DR
- Cuba has been a hostile regime to the U.S. for nearly 70 years.
- The Cuban regime is tottering due to economic distress and blackouts.
- Communism, not U.S. policy, is blamed for Cuba's decline.
- The regime previously relied on Soviet and later Venezuelan support.
- A recent U.S. military operation captured Venezuela's Maduro, impacting Cuba's oil supply.
- President Trump has leverage through controlling energy supplies to Cuba.
- There is an opportunity to remove a long-standing dictatorship through diplomatic means.
- Removing the dictatorship would be a victory for Cubans and a blow to U.S. enemies.
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