My people, make we gather here sharp sharp because wetin dey happen for Cuba no be small matter! President Donald Trump don open mouth yarn say dem don start to dey talk with Cuban leaders, as e dey plan to apply more pressure on that side. Na for Air Force One last Saturday, Trump gisted reporters say dem dey flex muscle as dem dey cut oil supply wey dey reach Cuba from Venezuela and Mexico. E be like say na so their wahala go comot!
But wetin Trump wan achieve for Cuba? The guy no too clear but e don set his eyes for their side ever since him capture Maduro from Venezuela earlier this year. E dey predict say the Cuban government go soon fall, but as usual, e no gree give us full details on how the whole plan dey go. As him dey fly go Florida, him just throw the gist: ‘We dey start to talk to Cuba.’
Since last week, e don sign executive order wey go slam taxes on any country wey dey supply oil to Cuba. Dis one don make Mexico dey shake because dem don turn to Cuba’s big oil paddy after Venezuela gree stop supply due to Trump wahala wey dey happen there. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum don warn say dis move fit cause serious humanitarian crisis on top the island wey dey already suffer. She dey try look for ways to help so people no go dey suffer like that.
Trump still dey believe say if Cuba no gree dey cooperate, they go soon come beg for deal because e gree talk say: ‘Cuba go want make deal!’ But we sabi say for Cuba, dem dey vex well well over the whole situation wey don dey make their lives hard. One Cuban guy don talk say this one dey look like serious ‘war’.
Cuba’s President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, don fire back with plenty talk for social media say Trump dey try suffocate dem under false pretenses and e no get moral ground to dey talk anything to him people. Dis one be like mat for our people wey dey suffer blackout and economic wahala. He say dem dey face ‘genocide’ because of wahala wey dey follow US sanctions.
As e stand now, we no fit forget say Trump dey use these tariffs as his own foreign policy tool since he take over. Cuba still dey manage their economy, but the pressure na heavy like Aje Butter for rice! No be small something o, wetin dem go do if Mexico finally cuts oil supply? We dey see this one like classic case of the big man wey dey bully small pikin!
The international community dey watch as wahala dey brew. Una sabi say Cuba dey suffer heavily under US sanctions since 1962, and anytime wahala like this dey happen, na ordinary people go dey face am. Make we dey look sharp as dis matter dey unfold, because e fit turn anywhere!
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