# Trump’s Cuba Playbook Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-s-cuba-playbook Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-s-cuba-playbook.md Podcast: [The General & The Journalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304) Published: 2026-06-10T23:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/trumps-cuba-playbook Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/6a2991fb9068bf040879e166/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/trump-s-cuba-playbook Duration seconds: 2263 ## Resource Cuba is running out of power, fuel and patience. As blackouts spread and anger grows, Donald Trump is turning up the pressure on Havana, blaming the regime for the island’s collapse while Cuba points to decades of US sanctions.  The historic US indictment of former president Raúl Castro has raised the stakes and a bigger question – is Trump trying to use his Venezuela playbook on Cuba? With US military power visible in the Caribbean, can Washington force change in Havana or would intervention in America’s Caribbean neighbour could end in catastrophe? Guest:   Stephen Gibbs, Latin America correspondent for The Times & The Sunday Times William LeoGrande, professor of Government at American University Hosts: Tom Newton Dunn Producer: Julia Webster Executive producer : Priyanka Deladia  Image: Paul Brookbanks and Getty Clip: USA TODAY, Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/trump-s-cuba-playbook/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-s-cuba-playbook.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.