(March 16): US President Donald Trump predicted Cuba wants to make a deal with the US, but said he wants to finish the war with Iran before turning his attention to the Communist island nation. “We’re talking to Cuba, but we’re going to do Iran before Cuba.”Under Trump, the US has been tightening the screws on Cuba, imposing an almost total fuel blockade that has exacerbated already hours-long blackouts. “People have been waiting 50 years to hear this story with Cuba,” Trump said. People familiar with Trump’s thinking on Cuba say he wants to use American economic pressure to make the nation financially dependent on Washington. The US would essentially take the place of its onetime rival, the Soviet Union, which kept Cuba afloat before it collapsed in 1991.

Source: The Edge Markets March 16, 2026 03:39 UTC