Why Cuba Isn't a Threat to the US

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Do you think that Cuba is a threat to the national security of the United States? That's the That's the central line that's put forward by the Trump administration.

[00:00:10]>> Yeah. No, I don't think um no. They don't have the They They don't have the They don't have They don't have electricity. They don't have power. What What What threat can a country that's on the verge of collapse be to the US? And also, I mean that yes, their relations with uh with China, with Russia, but certainly those are not new and they've had those relations at times where it was much more dangerous for those relations to exist. So, I don't think there's any particular threat now, though of course I don't have access to uh to all the information they do, but I can't imagine it would be a particular threat now that would justify the level of hardship being imposed on the Cuban people. And let me just say Can I just add categorically that the that the oil embargo is is cruel and and unjust. It's It's collective punishment. It's killing people. They're You know, hospitals can't run incubators or dialysis machines. There's no fuel for ambulances to get to hospitals. I mean, it's just It's a It's a It's a humanitarian disaster that's very likely to get a lot worse very quickly.