This is interesting timing. Cuba’s entire electric power grid has been completely shut off. The outage comes around the same time President Trump stated he could take Cuba. Fox News reports: NOW: A TOTAL BLACKOUT just SLAMMED Cuba, the entire island has no virtually electricity as the country faces a US oil and energy blockade Cuba is about to FALL, Sec. Marco Rubio is watching! pic.twitter.com/XqcmDEtOVz — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 16, 2026 CNN reported more on the grid collapsing: Cuba’s electrical grid suffered a total collapse on Monday, the country’s power operator said, marking the latest nationwide blackout in recent years, and the first since the US effectively shut off the flow of oil to the island of roughly 10 million people. Efforts are underway to restore power across the country, the state-owned operator said, adding that no faults detected in the electrical units operating at the time the grid collapsed. Nationwide power outages have been reported frequently over the past few years. Cuban officials have previously attributed them to US economic sanctions, though critics have also faulted a lack of investment in the island’s ailing generation system. Cuba heavily relies on oil for electricity generation. The effective blockade of fuel shipments has worsened the country’s energy crisis, causing intermittent power cuts, a rationing of medical supplies and a decrease in tourism, officials have said. Fuel prices have skyrocketed so much that gas can be as much as $9 a liter on the unofficial market, meaning it costs more than $300 to fill up a car’s gas tank, which is more than most Cubans earn in a year. Watch Trump give his thoughts on Cuba: BREAKING: President Trump confirms he is considering taking CUBA next “I do believe l'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor. Taking Cuba in some form.” “They have no money, no oil, no NOTHING. But they have nice landscape, it’s a beautiful island. I… pic.twitter.com/qWYWMWDvFd — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 16, 2026 The Independent covered Trump’s possible plans of “taking” Cuba: Donald Trump ranted to reporters that he had the right to do “anything” he wanted with Cuba on Monday, claiming that the island nation is a failed state and promising that the country was next on his list of adversaries to confront after Iran. His comments came as senior figures in his administration have repeatedly stressed that the war with Iran will end in the coming days, while refusing to outline the president’s specific goals and skirting around the issue of using America’s military like the world’s police force. The president was participating in an executive order signing ceremony on Monday when he was asked about Cuba by a reporter. Trump responded that he could “take” the entire island, and added that he would likely have the “honor” of doing so in some form. “Taking Cuba. In some form, yeah,” the president confirmed. “Taking Cuba.” “I mean, whether I free it, or take it…I think I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth,” Trump said. Here’s Trump in 2000 talking about Cuba: https://x.com/alx/status/2032874938445537734