Is Trump Plotting Regime Change in Cuba? (Question Time)
4/1/202653 min
Does Trump already have one eye on regime change in Cuba, as the US faces strategic failure in the Iran war? Who is more dangerous to the world right now, Putin or Netanyahu? Should Starmer be doing more to protect children from the harms of social media, and what does his slow approach to this issue reveal about his style of government?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:00
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Rory Stewart· Host0:11
[upbeat music] Welcome to The Rest Is Politics question time with me, Rory Stewart.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:22
And me, Alastair Campbell.
Rory Stewart· Host0:24
So hundreds of questions, I think even thousands of questions this week, but I guess I was gonna start with Cuba because that got a couple of questions. So, for example, Murray asks, "With no obvious win for Trump that would allow him to save face in the war with Iran, do you think there's a real possibility he might resort to a distraction strategy, this time by targeting another country such as Cuba?" So, Alastair, Cuba.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:44
So recent events in Cuba, you had this... I-it does relate to the capture of Maduro because 32 Cuban security personnel were killed during that raid, which didn't make Cuba very, very happy. Trump then quickly goes on to declare that Cuba's state ready to fail, then the oil shipments start to dry up, threats on Mexico. He threatens more tariffs. So this really has been a deliberate attempt to strangle Cuba when it comes to its own economy and particularly its oil supplies, and this is what's led to several blackouts and, uh, increasing rising rhetoric from Trump and others in the administration that Cuba is not long for this world.
Rory Stewart· Host1:24
Yeah, and you've got people like Senator Lindsey Graham out there saying, "Iran's done. Cuba's