Deal or ordeal: Trump's bad options in Cuba

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show, meeting the contenders in Colombia's highly polarized election,

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  and our World Cup team profiles continue with Mexico.

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  First up, though.

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  If you supported or voted for Donald Trump because of his promise not to get America involved in new foreign entanglements,

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  boy are you disappointed.

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  In January, American special forces snatched President Nicolás Maduro from his hideout in Venezuela.

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  That brought Cuba's biggest oil supplier under American control.

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  Mr. Trump thought that would at last bring Cuba to heel.

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  "Looks like it's going down. It's going down for the count.

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  You ever watch a fight? They go down for the count.

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  And Cuba looks like it's going down."

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  Months later, the only thing that's changed is the increased misery for everyday Cubans.

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  No capitulation of the regime, no popular uprising, no deal to end that misery.

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  So now come the threats of military action.

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  On Tuesday, Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, did not hold back at the UN's Security Council.

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  He said America's actions amounted to war crimes.

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  He said military aggression would result in a bloodbath.

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