Sixty-seven years. That is a lifetime. That is longer than the dwell time of most users reading this. For nearly seven decades, the Cuban communist government has been the pebble in America’s shoe, located just ninety miles from Florida. Now, we have a new chapter in the same old, boring book. The Trump administration thinks this is the endgame. They are betting the house on it. They believe that by weaponizing the energy supply, they can finally choke the life out of the regime in Havana.

Let’s be honest about the geopolitics at play. The United States is cutting off the oil to exacerbate the Havana energy crisis. They are tightening the screws. They want the national car to run out of gas so the driver has to get out and walk. It sounds simple. It sounds like a tough-guy move. But in the real world, things are never that simple. When you deploy strict economic sanctions against a country, you don’t hurt the guys in charge. The authoritarian elite always have gas. They always have food. They always have lights in their big houses.

The people who get hurt are the civilians who have nothing to do with the fight. It is the taxi driver who can’t work due to fuel shortages. It is the mom who can’t cook dinner. It is the hospital that goes dark. This is how these big political games always work. The rich guys in Washington and the rich guys in Havana play poker, and the poor people are the chips on the table.

Look at the Cuban side of this mess. They are not heroes. The revolution has been running on fumes for decades. They promised a worker's paradise. What did they deliver? A place where time stopped in the 1950s. The infrastructure is crumbling. The shops are empty. They have used the US trade embargo as an excuse for being bad at their jobs for half a century. Every time the power grid fails, they point at the United States and say, “Look what they did to us.” It is the perfect get-out-of-jail-free card. If the United States actually left them alone, they might have to explain why their system doesn't work. But they don't have to explain anything, because they have a perfect enemy.

Now look at the American side. We are the big, tough superpower. We are supposed to be the land of the free. So what do we do? We try to starve a neighbor until they do what we say. It is ugly. It is bullying. And the worst part is, it is stupid. We have been doing this since the days of black and white TV. Has it worked? No. The Castros lived long lives. The government is still there.

Trump wants a win for his legacy. He wants to be the guy who finally knocked down the wall. He wants to put his name on the tombstone of Cuban communism. It is all about ego. It is not about helping the Cuban people. If it was about helping people, we wouldn't be cutting off their energy supply. We are treating an entire country like a bad business deal that needs to be liquidated.

So, they are betting this is the last year. They think the lack of oil will make the people rise up. Maybe it will. But usually, when people are hungry and tired and sitting in the dark, they don't fight. They just try to survive. They try to leave. They don't storm the palace; they build a raft.

If the government in Cuba does fall, what happens next? Do you think it turns into a magical land of sunshine and money? No. It will be chaos. It will be a mess. And the vultures will circle to pick the bones clean. American companies will rush in to sell things people can't afford, and the local bosses will just change their titles from "Comrade" to "CEO."

It is all a joke. A sad, sixty-seven-year-old joke. The Left thinks Cuba is a victim. The Right thinks Cuba is a villain. The truth is, it is just a tragedy run by idiots on both sides of the ocean. The oil stops flowing, the lights go out, and the politicians keep talking. Same as it ever was.

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### References & Fact-Check * **Original Event Analysis**: For the baseline reporting on the Trump administration's current strategy regarding the island nation, see the New York Times report: [Cuba’s Communist Government Has Lasted 67 Years. Will It Fall Under Trump?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/world/americas/cuba-communist-government-trump.html). * **Historical Context**: The 67-year timeline references the period following the 1959 Cuban Revolution. * **Economic Context**: References to "cutting off oil" align with tightened sanctions strategies aimed at energy sector disruption discussed in the source material.