President Trump Says U.S. Will Talk With Cuba About Aid

President Trump said last week that Cuba is a failed country heading in one direction, down, and that Cuba is asking for help and the U.S. will talk. com reported the statement in a commentary published Sunday, May 17, 2026. The commentary described conditions on the island, including rolling blackouts without Venezuelan oil, garbage piles in the streets, and an average worker earning the equivalent of $16 a month in 2025.

The same commentary said the regime blames the United States for choking off its fuel supply.

Cuba has been allied with China, Russia, Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959, according to the commentary. It added that Cuba sent secret police to Caracas to instruct repression methods as Venezuela moved toward Marxism.

Most chicken consumed in Cuba comes from Mississippi and Alabama, the commentary stated. Pre-Castro Cuba had the third-highest caloric intake in Latin America, while today the average Cuban receives half a pound of chicken and 10 to 12 eggs every 10 days.

Hardly a night passes without a demonstration somewhere on the island, the commentary reported. On March 13, a march through the streets of the regional capital of Moron ended with a mob storming the Communist Party headquarters. The regime operates a string of political prisons where 1,200 people are currently incarcerated, the commentary said.