{"id":63766,"date":"2026-05-14T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63766"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:37:42","slug":"not-only-is-trump-an-oil-and-gas-pirate-on-the-high-seas-hes-also-an-energy-saboteur-against-whole-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63766","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Not only is Trump an oil and gas pirate on the high seas, he&#8217;s also an energy saboteur against whole nations.<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63767\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-3.33.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-3.33.07-PM.png 575w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-3.33.07-PM-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"RenderKeyPoints-header\"><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-list\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>Cuban Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy told state media the island nation has run out of fuel oil and diesel.<\/li>\n<li>Protests broke out in Havana on Wednesday as blackouts in the capital continued.<\/li>\n<li>The Trump administration, which has effectively blocked oil shipments to Cuba since January, has offered assistance in exchange for political reform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/14\/cuba-oil-diesel-fuel-us-sanctions-blockade.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/14\/cuba-oil-diesel-fuel-us-sanctions-blockade.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63769,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63766\/revisions\/63769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}