“WORST CASE SCENARIO” Leaked in Secret Cuba Files—Here’s What They Hid

“WORST CASE SCENARIO” Leaked in Secret Cuba Files—Here’s What They Hid

May 22, 2026 · 51 min

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The episode discusses the humanitarian crisis in Cuba and the potential for a regime-change war, featuring insights from Peter Kornbluh on US foreign policy and CIA operations.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here . Subscribers get our weekly recaps, the Friday Free-for-All: After starting two regime change wars in Venezuela and Iran, Donald Trump is now ramping up his campaign to overthrow the government of Cuba, and in the process impose serious misery on its people by tightening his blockade and deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis. And much like in Venezuela and Iran, there are suddenly reports of an imminent threat from Cuba, the tiny, starving island off the coast of the United States: Members of the Trump administration have begun claiming that Cuba has hundreds of Russian and Iranian drones that they will use to attack Florida. It seems to be the same exact playbook each time: claim an “imminent” threat, increase sanctions, take out the leader, and start a regime-change war. And as if to prove to the world that this is indeed the game plan, the CIA just made an uncharacteristically overt trip to Cuba. So to discuss the humanitarian crisis and potential regime-change war in Cuba, we’re speaking with Peter Kornbluh, Director of Cuba and Chile…

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Hosts: Katie Halper, Aaron Maté

Guest: Peter Kornbluh

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Organizations: CIA, National Security Archive

Places: Cuba, Florida, Venezuela, Iran

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