In Cuba a deadlock is more likely than a deal

“I do believe I’ll be having the honor of taking Cuba,” President Trump told journalists in the Oval Office last month. “ “I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth. They’re a very weakened nation.” And so they are. In the escalating confrontation with the United States, Cuba does not have many cards, as Trump likes to say. In the months since the United States took control of Venezuela’s oil exports, cut off the flow to Cuba, and threatened sanctions against any na...