In regards to Cuba, the US was begging to be brought down a peg. I do believe Cuba being America’s biggest Cold War embarrassment is the only reason they still have such steep sanctions.

He’s saying anyone that claims to not trust the West nor China only distrusts China because they were propagandized by western news sources.

I don’t find that particularly compelling because I think assuming someone’s information diet and discarding it in order to invalidate their view is lazy. I’ll leave it at that so I don’t get put in timeout.