What Trump Wants in Cuba
· 19 min
Episode What Trump Wants in Cuba
President Donald Trump says he believes he’ll have the “honor of taking Cuba.” As the island nation suffers from major blackouts and a US squeeze on its oil supply, its regime’s survival — and the country’s future broadly — is in question.
On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder talks to Bloomberg reporters Eric Martin and Jim Wyss about the dire situation on the ground in Cuba, ongoing talks between the country’s leadership and the US and what could come next.
Read more:
• Cuba Is Struggling to Keep Lights On Amid Trump’s Oil Blockade • Can Cuba’s Regime Survive as US Chokes Oil Supplies? • Trump’s Plan for Cuba Would Make the US the Island’s Patron
Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by David Fox; Reported by Eric Martin, Jim Wyss; Edited by Aaron Edwards.
Fact-checking by Eleanor Harrison-Dengate; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.
Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.
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Links in the notes 4
- https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-cuba-oil-supply-power-grid-blackout/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/cuba-s-energy-crisis-can-the-regime-survive-us-oil-blockade
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/trump-s-plan-for-cuba-would-make-the-us-the-island-s-patron
- https://omnystudio.com/listener
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