Cuba’s Will Is Crumbling; Negotiations With Trump Have Begun – HotAir

Will Donald Trump score a hat trick of regime changes in the space of a few months?

It sure looks possible. 

Breaking News: Cuba’s president, facing an energy crisis and protests, said that his government was in talks with the Trump administration. https://t.co/h2r1Iqmzuu

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 13, 2026

Trump has been promising that Cuba is next and that the fall of the regime will come sooner than expected. And, to be clear, his definition of regime change in Cuba will look much more like the Venezuela operation than what is happening in Iran today. 

In what was seen as a last-ditch effort to save his hobbled government, President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba announced on Friday that his government had been holding talks with the Trump administration while managing an increasingly severe lack of fuel.

Cuba’s government is facing an existential crisis as the Trump administration ratchets up pressure on the 67-year-old Communist state, maintaining what amounts to an oil blockade. Fuel is rapidly running out, plunging Cuba into prolonged periods of darkness.

Though the discussions with the United States had previously been reported by U.S. news outlets, it was the first time the government had acknowledged that talks were underway.

Mr. Díaz-Canel, in a 90-minute news conference broadcast on state media, said the talks were aimed at finding solutions to Cuba’s differences with the United States. He said the discussions were based on “respect for the political systems of both countries, sovereignty and our government’s self-determination,” suggesting that, from his point of view, political changes in Cuba were not on the table.

Technically speaking, Trump didn’t change the existing regime in Venezuela. The government was basically left intact, but with the removal of Maduro and the systematic destruction of much of Venezuela’s ability to defend itself, the regime has been reduced to being an American puppet. 

A banana republic, if you will, and Trump, like Teddy Roosevelt, is just fine with that. He makes no bones about being the big dog on the block, and while he is willing to work with allies like Argentina and El Salvador and leave them completely free to run themselves, avowed enemies like Cuba and Venezuela can kiss their autonomy goodbye. 

Trump is about to near single handily solve all the problems in our backyard in the span of like 14 months. https://t.co/l3xpdBtqQE

— Real Political Data (@RealPData) March 13, 2026

As the Democrats and Pravda squeal about how Trump is destroying the world order, sane people are laughing and applauding about Trump destroying the status quo, which has been an unmitigated disaster. The transnationalists are appalled about the resurgence of US autonomy and our assertion of sovereignty, but the benefits to the United States and the world will be immense. 

Modern man, you have a choice: Pax Americana or rule by Davos. Choose wisely. 

The Cuban regime would be wise to learn the lesson of the recent Witkoff-Aragchi negotiations. If you try and jerk President Trump around, rather than make serious proposals to accommodate American demands, you will wake up at 4am one morning to Delta Force at your door https://t.co/Wq1LjZugns

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) March 13, 2026

For decades, our elites have been obsessed with regime change by color revolution, trying to create a world where everybody owns nothing and is unhappy. Western governments have surrendered to soft communism and self-destruction. 

Donald Trump is remaking the world, not through color revolutions, but bold leadership and the surgical application of force and maximum pressure on our adversaries. 

During his first term, I strongly believed that Trump’s foreign policy was his best achievement. He had yet to learn how to defang the Deep State, and despite listening too often to establishment figures, he did a great job with what he had. 

Now, with the Rubio, Hegseth, and negotiating teams he has deployed, he is masterful. 

He still faces powerful and entrenched domestic enemies determined to destroy him, but on the world stage he is dominating completely. 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just called the EU a “complete failure” in front of global elites by stating, “Germany & Europe have wasted incredible potential. We have become the world champion of over-regulation & zero growth.” pic.twitter.com/yXRZKFsCD8

— conspiracybot (@conspiracyb0t) March 11, 2026

Even the European consensus has been cracking, with NATO head Mark Rutte cheering Trump on, and even some European leaders conceding that they have made “strategic mistakes.”

EU’s von der Leyen Calls Europe’s Nuclear Phase-Out a Strategic Mistake

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged that nuclear power’s share of Europe’s electricity dropped from ~33% in 1990 to ~15% today, calling the reduction a deliberate choice that, in… pic.twitter.com/jvtce5tDpp

— Washington Eye (@washington_EY) March 10, 2026

Amusingly enough, they have to do it in English. Because English, not French, is the Lingua Franca, not German, French, or Mandarin. 

As it should be. 

The Cuban regime may or may not technically remain in power, but if so, it will become a puppet of the US and be fundamentally changed for the better. 

Good. Superb. As it should be. 

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