Cuba On The Brink
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In Hour 2 of The Sean Hannity Show, Sean continues his in-depth breakdown of the escalating global situation as pressure mounts on both Iran and Cuba. Hannity examines the strategic significance of the recent military strikes on Iran’s Karg Island, explaining why key oil infrastructure was deliberately spared and how that move sends a powerful message to Tehran about America’s leverage over global energy markets. Sean is joined by former Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales to discuss the broader implications of the campaign against Iran’s nuclear ambitions and why preventing a nuclear-armed Iran remains a critical national security priority. The conversation then shifts to Cuba, where mounting economic pressure and internal unrest could signal a potential turning point for the communist regime in Havana. Hannity also takes calls from listeners weighing in on foreign policy, energy independence, and the future economic impact of the conflict.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Our 2, Sean Hannity's show, toll free. It's 800941. Sean, if you want to be a part of the program, |
| 0:10.1 | we have gone over in great specificity, great detail, what President Trump has been able to do |
| 0:16.1 | with Israel in terms of devastating Iran. And I just, I honestly, I go back to where I've been for a long time, |
| 0:25.4 | is if Donald Trump cured cancer, the left in this country would be critical. |
| 0:30.7 | He'd have his critics. |
| 0:31.7 | They'd be never-ending, non-stop. |
| 0:34.5 | You know, now the president over the weekend, you know, |
| 0:36.9 | he was very, very strategic in hitting Carg Island, now the president over the weekend, you know, he was very, very strategic in hitting |
| 0:39.7 | Karg Island, all the military targets, except for their oil infrastructure, which, by the way, |
| 0:45.5 | proves to the Iranians, he can wipe them out in terms of their economy in a matter of minutes |
| 0:51.4 | and they could destroy the oil within five minutes if they want. |
| 0:55.7 | He doesn't want to do it. |
| 0:57.0 | The president wanted a deal unless you're a conspiracy theorist that doesn't want to believe |
| 1:02.8 | Steve Whitkoff who sat there with the Iranians and they insisted that they had an inalienable |
| 1:08.7 | right to have nuclear weapons and bragging about how they were, |
| 1:14.0 | you know, had 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, which in 7 and 10 days would be weapons |
| 1:21.2 | grade 90%. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this show arguing with people that have learned nothing from history and are just ignorant and just absolutely, you know, married to either an ideology or just stupid. |
| 1:37.6 | I mean, it's really that simple. |
| 1:39.0 | I'm not going to argue it's stupid. |
| 1:41.0 | Anyway, so this is the president describing how everything on cargo island was destroyed |
| 1:46.3 | except for the oil. As you know, we attacked Carg Island and knocked it, knocked it literally |
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