President Donald Trump said on March 29 that he has no issue with a Russian oil tanker supplying fuel to Cuba, despite U.S. sanctions targeting countries that provide oil to the island.
“We have a tanker out there. We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need [it]. They have to survive,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
“I told them, if a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with that, whether it’s Russia or not.”
Tracking site MarineTraffic shows that a Russian-flagged oil tanker carrying about 730,000 barrels of oil was heading to the Port of Matanzas in Cuba and is expected to arrive by March 31….
US Has No Problem With Russian Oil Tanker Sending Supply to Cuba, Trump Says
