Then there’s Cuba – a link that’s largely overlooked but of great consequence. This communist island prison is an active platform for intelligence gathering, political meddling and regional coups. Cuba sends security services, embeds itself in allied powers throughout Latin America and acts as a conduit for Russian and Chinese influence. Subsidized Venezuelan oil has been the lifeline of that system.
Cutting off that funding weakens the communist army which exports repression and instability throughout the region. Even instability has consequences. Failed states and hostile actors drive migration pressures that eventually reach the southern border of the US. Those pressures don’t come out of nowhere; they are the downstream effect of negative energy and security policy in our environment.
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President Trump understands what his critics never have: a foreign policy that stabilizes oil prices, strengthens US industry and weakens America’s adversaries is not hypocritical.
It’s a smart strategy.
