But Cuba has always bought oil from a variety of countries, Russia included. They haven’t historically been forced to buy from them , it was just another supplier. But it is interesting that former allies like Mexico and Canada have been barred from selling oil to Cuba, yet an internationally sanctioned Russian ship is fine.

It doesn’t really follow that it’s a bone thrown to support Russia, as they have had no lack of customers. Heck, despite US sanctions, the Americans themselves have not stopped purchasing Russian oil. They just pass it through shell companies or refineries that are at least 50% co-owned by a nation that isn’t Russia, which gives someone else a little nibble of the pie too.

I also don’t buy the supposed humanitarian side. Suddenly they claim Cubans need to survive, which the Trump admin didn’t care about until a week ago. Dying brown people isn’t going to change Republican voter support.

What I can’t really comprehend is what the end game is. Originally they wanted to bring the Cuban government to its knees and acquire it like a corporate takeover. Maybe they’ve done their due diligence and found that they don’t see a profit in it at the end? It’s definitely not an action of pure kindness.

That might’ve the reason, but on the other hand, he doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing or saying. He’s just like a rhino at the china shop stumbling around.