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Perhaps it was just exposing Donald Trump yet again being a Putin bootlicker during the war against Iran and in all matters relating to foreign policy. So Donald Trump was given a choice as Russia was sending its ships over to Cuba loaded with crude oil to help Cuba, Donald Trump and his regime claimed they had a blockade around Cuba and that anyone who would deliver aid or crude oil or material assistance to Cuba would face massive tariffs or would be turned away by the US Blockade around Cuba. Donald Trump threatened Mexico and other countries with severe sanctions if they dare help Cuba. But then came Vladimir Putin after the Trump regime removed sanctions against Russian oil during the war against Iran. As Russia provides material assistance to Iran in terms of weapons and logistics to kill, hunt and destroy the American military members as well as American military assets, Donald Trump just says, hey, Vladimir Putin, we will remove all sanctions against your Russian oil and allow you to make billions of dollars during the war as a reward for targeting United States soldiers and military assets. Oh, and by the way, Vladimir Putin, you want to send your senior leadership from the Russian Duma, basically their Senate, to visit the United States Congress and meet with maga Republican con Congress members and our State Department. Send him our way. The Russian Duma leaders showed up at the end of last week, and then Vladimir Putin sent ships filled with crude oil to go to Cuba. And Donald Trump's like, blockade? What blockade? I barely knew a blockade. And Vladimir Putin was able to bring the crude oil and other material assistance to Cuba, essentially defeating the entire purpose of everything that Donald Trump and Mark Marco Rubio have been saying for some time now. Look, the intentional suffering and starvation of Cuba, in my opinion, is a crime against humanity. Humanity. It's a horrible thing. And I think that the Trump strategy in general with this blockade was horrific. And that's not the way you go about things. And then, well, nothing the way Donald Trump is how you go about things. And it was part of another war that Donald Trump wanted to launch against another nation, this time Cuba. But being so utterly weak and obsequious to Russia and allowing Russia to come in and now firmly planting the Russian flag in Cuba in such a power move that makes the United States look so weak, it is utterly despicable. So you just have to add up all of these facts, you know, and you know, President Zelinsky of Ukraine put out a message I'll read a little bit later in this video over the weekend where he was like the behavior by entities that remove sanctions against a nation that is then targeting your nation and killing your troops and destroying your military assets. That's pretty strange behavior is what Zelinsky said. And strange was kind of code word, in my opinion, for saying kind of traitorous and treasonous behavior. Again, I'm just giving an opinion protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Let me just bring some facts and receipts for us now. So back on January 30, 2020, Donald Trump and the White House posted the following Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency and establishing a process to impose tariffs on goods for countries that sell or otherwise provide oil to Cuba. Trump Signs Executive Order to Address Threats by Cuba Threats by Cuba. That's what Trump called it January 30, 2026 as Wyatt Reid explains, in January, Trump signed Executive Order 14380, placing harsh tariffs on any country caught directly or indirectly supplying oil to Cuba. In February, when a Greek flag tanker tried to bring 80,000 barrels from Colombia to Cuba, the US Coast Guard intercepted it, forcing the ship to sail to the Dominican Republic. In March, when the U.S. sought to stabilize oil prices after starting a war with Iran of ac, that's the department within the treasury responsible for lifting sanctions or imposing sanctions, issued waivers for Russian crude. As Russian tankers approached the island, the US Placed Cuba on a tiny list of countries it said were still not allowed to buy Russian oil. Two ships, which were en route, changed course, purportedly under pressure. But then something happened where the ships were allowed in and we'll go and talk about what went down. So what we learned yesterday US to allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking the blockade the tanker full of crude oil will reach its expected destination by Tuesday, providing a lifeline to the ISLAND Amid intense U.S. pressure, the United States Coast Guard is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, delivering a critical supply of energy to the island nation after months of an effective oil blockade by the Trump regime, according to U.S. officials briefed on the matter, the New York Times writes. The tanker, which is carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of oil, is owned by the Russian government, was less than 15 miles from Cuban territorial waters on Sunday afternoon, according to Marine Traffic, a ship data per provider. At its speed of 12 knots, the ship was expected to enter Cuban waters by Sunday evening. The tanker could reach its expected destination of Montanzas, Cuba, by Tuesday. The Russian ship's arrival would shift the trajectory of a rapidly accelerating crisis in Cuba, buying the island nation at least a few weeks before its fuel reserves run out, analysts said. It would also reduce pressure on the Cuban government, facing looming economic collapse and escalating threats from Washington, and show that, at least for now, an island can still depend on its longtime ally, Russia. The Trump regime had been enforcing what amounted to an oil blockade around Cuba since January, threatening nations that had been sending fuel to the country ended one case escorting a tanker headed toward Cuba away from the island. The Coast Guard has two cutters in the region that could have attempted to intercept the Russian tanker, yet the Trump regime did not order order those vessels to act, according to a US Official briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations, barring orders instructing it otherwise. The Coast Guard planned to let the tanker reach Cuba as of Sunday afternoon, the official said. It was unclear why the White House did not issue orders to block the tanker or whether it would allow future Russian oil shipments to reach the island. The decision avoids a potential thorny confrontation with Russia just off the coast of Florida. The Coast Guard referred referred questions to the White House, which did not respond to a request for comment. Russian and Cuban officials also did not respond. The oil blockade has been choking Cuba, leading to daily blackouts, severe gas shortages, soaring prices, and deteriorating medical care. The policy has attracted international criticism, including from the UN that the United States is causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Also, the foreign minister of Cuba said in response to Donald Trump's threats that. That there could be an invasion of Cuba soon. Cuba responded by saying, we are prepared militarily as well in order to be able to fight the US and we're getting. We're seeing what's happening. Iran in Iran, and we're ready to go. So here's the thing. My own view that this blockade was a crime against humanity. I'm not supportive of the blockade. I think it's not the right way to approach anything that's going on in Cuba. Right. I mean, we can have very strong feelings, things about these successors to the Castro regime and what they've done to the Cuban people. And we can listen to strongly what the Cuban people here in the United States are saying. But we should always have a foreign policy that is rooted, it's still in humanity. And figuring out through diplomacy the right types of approaches. That's kind of my overall view of thing, and I'm understanding it, but that's my general view of things. But if you're gonna do a blockade and you're gonna say, no one can get in and we're blocking this and this is showing the US Strength, right? And then Russia sends, you know, it's two ships and then another ship and says, all right, we're going to go and deliver this oil, and then the US Is like, okay, well, we're not going to do anything. You can come on in and you can then defeat the entire purpose of everything we've been saying to every other nation. We've attacked this Nation, that nation. You know, Donald Trump said, all these nations that wanted to help, help, we'll go after you. It's like declaring war. Putin goes to do. I'm Vladimir Putin. I'm heading over to Cuba. And Donald, welcome. Welcome to Cuba, right off the shore of Florida. Why don't you come in? Now, if you also don't believe that Vladimir Putin is also helping give Cuba weapons right now, in my opinion, you are very naive. You don't think that they're bringing Shahid drones and other weapons. How do we know? How do we not know? At the end of the day, what Trump did there was again, extra, extra week. I mean, as Jose Diaz Baseno explains, two months after signing an executive order threatening Mexico and all these countries with tariffs if they sent oil to Cuba, Trump says he's got no problem now at all with Russia doing so. Come on in, Russia. Happy to do it. So Donald Trump was aboard Air Force One, and he was asked, there is a report that the US Is going to let a Russian oil tanker go to Cuba. And Trump's like, yeah, what's wrong with that? If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba, let them send some oil into Cuba. Watch what Donald Trump says here. Because Russia applied the most basic pressure to him of all. Russia just went, all right, we're going there, Donald. Just like, come on in, come on in, Putin. We're gonna remove the sanctions against you for your oil, let you make billions of dollars a day, help arm around, give Iran logistics to attack the U.S. i mean, destroy our most valuable crown jewels in the air force bases and military bases in the Middle East. The United States has had to evacuate 13 of its top military bases in the Middle east because the effectiveness of Iranian FPV drones, Shahi drones, ballistic missiles that are being materially assisted by Russia. Russia keeps sending stuff through the Caspian Sea and otherwise. And Trump's like, yeah, cool. They want to party right off the coast of Florida. Let him in. Let him in. Here, let's play this clip of Donald Trump on Air Force One.