Trump blasted for new Cuba tariffs critics say target civilians, not leaders

Political analysts erupted Thursday after President Donald Trump quietly signed an executive order imposing new tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, a move widely viewed as an attempt to economically strangle the island and force regime change. Critics warned the policy would disproportionately punish ordinary Cubans by cutting off energy supplies, while fitting a broader pattern of Trump using economic and military pressure against foreign governments, from Venezuela to Iran. Commentators described the tariffs as secondary sanctions and “economic warfare,” arguing they amount to collective punishment rather than diplomacy, and accused Trump of once again wielding U.S. power in ways that destabilize civilians while escalating global tensions.

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