Trump’s Strategic Pressure on Cuba Highlights the Failure of Socialist Allies

Onboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump delivered a stark message that signals a renewed commitment to America First principles: Cuba will have to come to the negotiating table or face continued economic isolation. In response to Washington’s new tariffs targeting countries supplying oil to Cuba, Trump confidently declared that the island nation “will be free again.” This is more than rhetoric. It is a tactical move designed to sever the lifeline Havana has relied on for decades—the subsidized oil from socialist Venezuela. Since the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in early January, those supplies have dwindled, leaving Cuba economically...