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Today, Explained

Cuba, too

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Cuba seems willing to concede more than ever if the Trump administration is willing to take the win. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A rally in support of former Cuban president Raul Castro outside the US Embassy in Havana. Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It was about a week ago that the Trump administration took maybe the boldest action against Cuba that we've seen since the end of the Cold War.

0:09.4

An indictment of Raul Castro, brother of Fidel, that's a big deal.

0:14.0

And then the biggest question became, are we about to invade Cuba?

0:17.8

What is the president planning?

0:19.7

What does his long weekend look like? People kept asking

0:22.1

Trump if he was going to attend his large adult son's wedding. Person who I've known for a long time.

0:27.4

And he was like, probably not? He'd like me to go. And then he definitely didn't go. So people were like,

0:33.1

here we go. Cuba's next. But then that didn't happen either. In fact, the United States started bombing Iran again.

0:40.6

But Cuba's still in a tough spot, arguably the toughest spot it's been in since the Castoros

0:46.6

took over in 1959.

0:49.0

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1:04.9

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1:08.1

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1:10.4

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1:13.8

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1:18.4

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1:22.2

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1:24.2

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1:29.9

Right, home from work, walk the dog,

1:33.2

kids are back,

1:34.4

up the stairs for something.

1:37.9

Back down, no idea what I went up for.

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