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Iran war may be ending but humiliated Trump could hit Cuba next

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:13 June 2026
Post last modified:13 June 2026

The disastrous Iran war may be ending. But a humiliated US may look to Cuba as the next victim with Trump’s crony Marco Rubio applying heavier sanctions. The Americans have been making their aggressive intentions clear for months. US outlet The Hill reported on 11 June that the US State Department: announced that it will sanction Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET) amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and the island country. At the centre of the move was Trump’s Cuban-American henchman and secretary of state Marco Rubio. Rubio said: the latest sanctions are pursuant of President Trump’s…

Humiliated Trump threatens to bomb Oman — a US ally — in latest bizarre rant

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

US president Donald Trump just threatened to bomb Oman, a US ally. Increasingly humiliated by his failing war against Iran, Trump has become more and more erratic. Oman was mediating the last US-Iran deal which Trump broke in February under pressure from Israel. Trump was waffling about a potential Pakistan-brokered peace deal with Iran when he made the bizarre threat. Tehran has said it wants Oman to help impose tolls on a re-opened Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy corridor. Trump, whose attack predictably led to the strait being closed in the first place, had a little tantrum about the idea:…