Trump/Rubio's Tough-on-Cuba Policy Has Yet to Bear Fruits & May Be a Disaster w/ Lee Schlenker

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Lee Schlenker discusses the Trump administration's tough-on-Cuba policy and its implications for U.S.-Cuba relations.

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around:https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, Quincy Institute research associate Lee Schlenker joins us to unpack the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign against Cuba and why Marco Rubio’s hardline approach may be pushing the island, and U.S.-Cuba relations, toward a dangerous breaking point. Drawing on Lee’s recent Responsible Statecraft article “As Rubio turns into punisher, Cubans wary of final blow,” we examine the administration’s strategy of intensified sanctions, economic pressure, and threats aimed at forcing political change in Havana. The conversation also explores the political influence of South Florida’s Cuban exile community and the Cuba-America lobbying apparatus, including how decades of exile politics continue to shape U.S. foreign policy toward Havana. Lee explains the internal contradictions of the administration’s strategy, why the pressure campaign has yet to produce meaningful results, and how…

People in this episode

Host: J.G.

Guest: Lee Schlenker

Topics covered

• U.S.-Cuba relations
• Cuban politics
• sanctions
• foreign policy
• Cuban exile community
• political influence

Keywords

• Cuba
• Trump administration
• Marco Rubio
• sanctions
• Cuban exile
• foreign policy
• political change

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Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quincy Institute, Responsible Statecraft

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