Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar 3/25/26: Ryan Smeared For Cuba Aid Trip, Newsom Flips On Israel Apartheid, Blackouts Imminent In US, Mortgage Rates Spike
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Mar 25, 2026 
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Sanctions Prioritize Hotels Over Hospitals
- U.S. sanctions allow private Cuban businesses to import fuel but bar public institutions, creating perverse outcomes where hotels can run on generators while hospitals struggle.
- Ryan and Reuters reported the U.S. policy explicitly permits fuel sales to private sector vendors but blocks shipments to publicly run hospitals.
Fuel Blockade Drives Cuba Toward Russia
- Coverage of a Russian oil shipment to Cuba focused more on Cold War spy-base fears than the humanitarian fuel shortage driving Cuban alignment with Russia and China.
- Grimm argued the U.S. blockade pushes Cuba toward Moscow and Beijing, worsening geopolitical risks while media emphasize old-style security tropes.
Hospital Blackout Scenes And Hand Cranked Ventilators
- Grimm walked Havana during partial and total blackouts and visited William Soler Pediatric Hospital, witnessing doctors hand-crank ventilators during 1–6 minute gaps before generators restarted.
- He filmed patients on ventilators, urine collection improvisations, and doctors describing chronic deterioration from repeated outages.