US Has No Problem With Russian Oil Tanker Sending Supply to Cuba, Trump Says

This came as a Russian-flagged oil tanker carrying about 730,000 barrels of oil was heading to the Port of Matanzas in Cuba.

A tanker ship at the Supertanker Base in the Industrial Zone of the port of Matanzas, Cuba, on March 30, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

U.S. 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.