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.

President Donald Trump walks to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 23, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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.