All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as Trump’s BLOCKADE COLLAPSES!!!

0:00 All hell is breaking loose as Donald Trump's bluff was called in front of the entire world by Putin. And perhaps it wasn't just his bluff being called. 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

0:45 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 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

1:33 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 Congress members and our State Department. send them our way. The Russian Duma leaders uh showed up at the end of last week and then Vladimir Putin sent uh 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,

2:19 essentially defeating the entire purpose of everything that Donald Trump and 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

3:07 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 Zullinsky 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 Zalinsky 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 30th, 2026,

3:56 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 30th, 2026. As Wyatt Reed 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

4:42 barrels from Colombia to Cuba, the US Coast Guard intercepted it, forcing the ship to sail to the Dominican Republic. In March, when the US sought to stabilize oil prices after starting a war with Iran, OFAC, that's the department within the Treasury responsible for lifting sanctions um or imposing sanctions, issued waiverss 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 in route changed course purportedly under pressure but then something happened where the ships were allowed in and

5:27 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 US 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 US 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

6:14 Cuban territorial waters on Sunday afternoon, according to Marine Traffic, a ship data 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, a Montanzaz, 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

7:00 since January, threatening nations that had been sending fuel to the country and in 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 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

7:47 coast of Florida. The Coast Guard 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 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 in Iran and we're ready to go."

8:33 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 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 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 going to do a blockade and you're going to say no one can get in and we're blocking this

9:20 and this is showing the US strength, right? And then Russia sends, you know, its 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, we'll go after you. It's like declaring war." Putin goes, "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.

10:06 You don't think that they're bringing shahid drones and other 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 weak. I mean, as Jose Diaz Braseno explains, 2 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's 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

10:52 Russia applied the most basic pressure to him of all. Russia has been, "All right, we're going there, Donald." He's like, "Come on in. Come on in, Putin. We're going to remove the sanctions against you um for your oil. let you make billions of dollars a day, help arm Iran, give Iran logistics to attack the US. I mean, destroy our most valuable crown jewels uh in the uh 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 drone, Shahi drones, ballistic missiles that are being materially assisted by Russia. Russia keeps sending stuff through the Caspian Sea and Caspian Sea and otherwise. And Trump's like, "Yeah, cool. They want a party right off the coast of Florida. Let him in. Let him

11:40 in." Here, let's play this clip of Donald Trump on Air Force One. >> There's a report that the US is going to let a Russian oil tanker go to Cuba. Is that true? >> Well, we have a tanker out there. We don't mind having somebody get a boatload because they need >> they have to survive. It wouldn't bother me. >> That report is true as far as you know. Well, I I would say I told them if a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with it. >> Do you worry that that helps >> whether it's whether it's Russia or not? >> Do you worry that that helps a lot of air though? >> Doesn't help him. I He loses one boatload of oil. That's all it is. It's fine. >> If he wants to do that and if other countries want to do it, doesn't bother me much. It's not going to have an impact. Cuba's finished. They have a bad regime. They have very bad and corrupt leadership. And whether or not they get

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14:44 goes, "Yeah, the embargo was tied to political change. The embargo was codified in an executive order." Listen to what he said then. Play this clip. So, Secretary Rubio, do you support, and I know this is up to Congress, but do you support easing the Cuban the trade embargo if we get more cooperation from the banks? >> Well, I'm not going to discuss what we would talk about or not. Suffice it to say that the embargo is tied to political change on the island. The law, it's been the embargo's codified. And uh but the bottom line is their economy doesn't work. It's a non-functional economy. It's an economy that has survived. It's in for 40 that revolution, it's not even a revolution, that thing they have uh has survived on subsidies from the Soviet Union and now from Venezuela. They don't get subsidies anymore. So, they're in a lot of trouble and the people in charge are they don't know how to fix it. So, they have to get new people in charge. That's what I

15:30 >> And the relationship we have with Venezuela has been then we'll rewind a little bit more. I do sound effects now on these shows um to February 16th, 2026 when Donald Trump says there's an embargo. No, no oil. There's no anything. And a reporter's like, "So, if a deal isn't made, would you consider an operation like the one in Venezuela?" Trump's like, "I ain't going to answer that." Here, play this clip. >> You're warning Cuba to make a deal. Uh, what does that deal look like? What do you want them >> to make a deal? Cuba is right now a failed nation and they don't even have jet fuel to get for airplanes to take off. They're clogging up their runway. We're talking to Cuba right now. They have Marco Rubio talking to Cuba right now and they should absolutely make a

16:16 deal because it's a humanit it's really a humanitarian threat and we have a lot of great Cubanameans and they're going to be very happy when they're going to be able to go back and say hello to their relatives and do things that they should have been allowed to do for a long time. I'm very interested in the people that are here that were treated so badly by Castro and the Cuban authorities. They have been treated horribly. So, we'll see how it all turns out. But Cuba and US, we are talking. >> In the meantime, there's an embargo. There's no oil. There's no money. There's no anything. >> If a deal isn't made, would you consider an operation like the one in Venezuela? >> I don't want to answer that. Why would I answer that? If I if I was, it wouldn't be a very tough operation as you can

17:01 figure, but I don't think that'll be necessary. Well, now this tanker is carrying about 730,000 barrels of crude oil, bringing it over to uh Cuba right now. And by the way, the Trump regime also removed sanctions for Iranian oil, rewarding Iran. And I know that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant, I'm Scott Bessant, every Scott Bessant, everybody says I'm we're doing jujitsu. We're doing jiujitsu on Iran. Well, Iran is now earning nearly twice as much from oil sales each day as it did before the American and Israeli bomb started falling on February 28th. And uh they also control the straight of Hermuz. While they're out there posting memes of themselves killing American

17:48 soldiers, they are getting rewarded. Russia's getting rewarded. And by the way, the um the president of Iran is like the message of the president and the people of Russia are a source of encourage encouragement for us on these historic days today thanks to the resistance of the Iranian people. Past relations in the region have been transformed and new bonds are being formed. The security of East Asia will henceforth be ensured by the countries of the region. On behalf of the people of Iran, I thank the government and the people of Russia. They're just saying it. They're just saying Russia's helping us. I mean, President Sullinsky of Ukraine has been showing the US the images that were being used by Russia to target the Saudi Arabian Air Force base

18:35 um and to target all the other milit the American military assets. And Zalinski is like, "Look, when I get my briefings here in Ukraine, we see that Russia is conducting surveillance on all of these American assets." Okay? We've been trying to show Trump exactly what the Russians are looking at. Cuz if they're conducting surveillance, they then pass that on to Iran, and Iran and its proxy groups attack those targets. Everyone knows, Zalinsky says the repeated reconnaissance indicates preparations for strikes with Russia helping Iran. How can sanctions be eased if this is what the Russians are doing? There must be pressure on the aggressor. Russia is

19:20 the aggressor. Iran is working with Russia right now. Lifting sanctions is certainly not pressure. It looks strange. Zalinsky says sanctions are being lifted while the aggressor is providing intelligence to strike facilities including those of the countries the United States that are discussing or who have already lifted the sanctions against Russia. I mean that's what Zalinski is saying and he's right. I mean, and again, one of the other points I wanted to talk about is the Russian Duma leaders, their Senate, they were invited by Trump. They were walking around our damn capital building last Thursday and Friday. There's video

20:06 of them getting a tour by MAGA Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. Watch her give these Russian Duma members a tour. They took photos together and bragged about it. I mean, you can literally see the top Duma members with the MAGA Republican Congress members right here. You've got Anna Paulina Luna, you've got Andy Ogals, you've got Eli Crane. I mean, look at all these Republican Congress members. And then they met with the State Department and they said, "We've got massive concessions. Massive concessions." And by the way, on Friday, freaking Friday. Okay. Was it movie? Freaky Friday. on this past Friday when Donald Trump was giving that weirdo speech at that Miami financial

20:51 conference. He kept on saying, "Cuba's next. I'm going after Cuba. Cuba's next." And then Russia's like, "Okay, Donald. Sure, Donald. Watch what Donald Trump said here. Cuba's next." Watch what he says here. Play this clip. Strength you wouldn't have to use. I built this great military. I said you'll never have to use it, but sometimes you have to use it. And Cuba's next, by the way. Pretend I didn't say that. Please pretend I did say that. Please, please, please, media, please disregard that statement. Thank you very much. I And then Russia's like whatever. And by the way, Cuba's deputy foreign minister says the country is preparing for the possibility of military aggression. And you better believe that Russia's helping them. By the way, Russia's probably

21:37 sending its special forces into Cuba right now to help train the Cubans and show the teachings of what's going on in Iran. I don't have to even see what our intelligence is. I know that's happening. It's common sense that that's what's taking place. And now that's right off the coast of Florida. I mean, this is not being reported really anywhere with the kind of moral clarity of what Zalinski is saying, which is Trump has lifted the sanctions on Russia while Russia helps Iran kill Americans and destroy American military bases. And the Russians are in Washington DC meeting with the State Department and Republican Congress members. When the Russians wanted to go to Cuba while Donald Trump was acting all tough and strong and saying, "Nobody beats our blockade." Putin's like, "Hey, I'm going

22:22 to just go bypass your blockade." Trump's like, "Okay, oh, sounds good." Again, I don't get how anybody at all can look at this and say, "Oh, that's Donald Trump. You know, he's strong." Unless you love Putin. Like, at the end of the day, if you're a big Putin fan or you generally root against the United States, like that's the only way you can possibly be applauding what Trump is doing because it's the most weak and pathetic thing ever. And I'm just speaking objectively. Final v. My my glasses are going everywhere. Final final point I want to make. I know I showed you a video of March 17th and then February and then we went back. I'll show you a video from Marco Rubio. When was this? In the past 48 hours. When Marco Rubio, as Ryan Grim says, the

23:07 number of obvious lies in this from Rubio suggests he's feeling actual pressure. This was before it was announced that Trump was going to let the Russians get into Cuba. And Marco Rubio claims Cuba wants oil for free and the US isn't blocking it. And that that's really the issue. That the whole issue here is that Cuba wants free oil, that there's really no blockade at all, and that if anybody wanted to give free oil, they could do it. It's just Cuba doesn't want to pay for it, so nobody wants to deliver the oil for free. So that's what Rubio said right before Donald Trump gave the thumbs up to Putin to bring the oil in. Doesn't that make all the sense in the world? That's why I showed you the other clip of Rubio first

23:53 when he was in the White House like, "Yeah, we're doing an embargo. We're going to be really strong." These people just look so damn weak and pathetic, right? Weak and pathetic. They're losers. All of them are freaking losers. They're making the whole United States look like the biggest losers. like Trump loser companies that go bankrupt like in his whole life of being a freaking loser surrounded by losers. Isn't that what he said the other day? I like to hang out around losers because that makes me feel better. Yeah, cuz you're a loser and all these world leaders know how weak you are, how easy you are to break when someone stands up to you. It's pathetic. Anyway, play this clip of Rubio about it in G7. Okay, everybody talks about these blackouts. Cuba's been having blackouts all of last year, all the year before. There isn't a naval blockade surrounding

24:40 Cuba. The reason why Cuba doesn't have oil and fuel, it's because they want it for free. And people don't give away oil and fuel for free on a regular basis unless it was the Soviet Union subsidizing them or Maduro subsidizing them. They just don't do it. They may get a shipment here or there now and then someone, but not enough to sustain their country. Okay? So that the reason why they're having black that's why they don't have fuel and the reason why they're having blackouts is because they have equipment from the 1950s and60s that they never maintained or kept up. Well, there you have it folks. We appreciate you as always. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. But will you do me a favor today? Subscribe to Scott McFarland's YouTube channel. Scott McFarland News. He's on his way to 250,000 subscribers pretty damn fast. Subscribe to Scott McFarland's YouTube

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