Trump Cuba Military Action: Another Distraction War?
Iran was supposed to be the distraction. Now Cuba is suddenly in the frame. Trump’s empire politics are starting to look less like strategy and more like panic.
Iran was supposed to be the distraction. Now Cuba is suddenly in the frame. Trump’s empire politics are starting to look less like strategy and more like panic.
Trump can’t bomb his way out of Iran, the Epstein Files or the economy, but that won’t stop him eyeing Cuba like the next cheap trophy.

Ian Powell says escalating US sanctions against Cuba are driving a humanitarian crisis marked by rising infant mortality, blackouts and deepening poverty.
Cuba shouldn’t outperform wealthier nations in healthcare. But in key ways — it does.

A small island trained doctors for the world — while the richest nations looked away. Now that system is being pushed to collapse.

“Cuba is next.” That’s not strategy — that’s spectacle. Trump’s foreign policy looks less like planning and more like a victory tour.

Cuba’s ambassador warns a US fuel blockade is pushing the country into a deepening humanitarian crisis, with hospitals and essential services under threat.

A deep dive into why the United States has maintained decades of economic warfare against Cuba since the 1959 revolution.

Trump’s pressure on Cuba amid blackouts signals a wider strategy following Iran, raising fears of escalating global conflict.

The US and Israel’s attack on Iran risks a wider war, humanitarian catastrophe and economic crisis as global opposition to the conflict grows.