US President Donald Trump mused over whether he would have the “honor of taking Cuba” on Monday, the same day the communist-run island’s electricity grid suffered its first nationwide collapse since the US effectively shut off the flow of oil to the country.

Trump muses over ‘taking Cuba’ as island’s power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade | CNN

Watching politicians joke about "taking" Cuba while the island's grid collapses is sick. You can hate the regime and still admit squeezing fuel until hospitals, water systems, and regular families lose power is collective punishment, not strategy. Sanctions fans always act like pain will magically produce democracy. Most of the time it just makes people poorer, sicker, and easier for strongmen to control. That's not toughness. It's cowardly policy with civilians paying the bill.