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WTF Is Trump Doing In Cuba!?!? w/ Jim Acosta
May 20, 2026 Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast on YouTube
Molly Jong-Fast welcomes journalist Jim Acosta for a wide-ranging, fast-paced discussion that begins with breaking news about the Trump administration pursuing charges tied to the 1996 “Brothers to the Rescue” incident and quickly expands into a broader critique of Trump-era foreign policy brinkmanship, including fears of destabilizing Cuba and triggering a major refugee crisis in South Florida. Acosta draws on his personal background as the child of a Cuban refugee to question what an anti-asylum administration would do if intervention led to mass displacement, while both hosts connect the moment to a larger theme of escalating global entanglements and chaotic governance. The episode then pivots to domestic politics and corruption allegations—slush funds, taxpayer-funded projects, and Trump’s behavior online—before closing on Republican intraparty power struggles, the consequences for figures like Bill Cassidy and Thomas Massey, the fight over releasing Epstein files, and the high-stakes Texas contest featuring John Cornyn and Ken Paxton as a test of Trump’s influence.
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