The US will continue to ramp up economic pressure on the island, sources have told the outlet US President Donald Trump is set to escalate Washington’s economic pressure campaign on Cuba in an attempt to force regime change, Axios reported on Friday, citing sources. The island is already enduring near-total fuel starvation and daily blackouts stretching up to 20 hours. The US has thus far opted for a phased campaign designed to choke Havana, but which avoids a direct military invasion, several unnamed officials told the outlet. “The best way to describe it is ‘accelerationism,’” one senior official said, referring to the philosophy of hastening societal collapse. “But we don’t want to kill off the regime just yet. There’s a method to this. It’s in stages.” According to Axios, the strategy is partly designed to buy time while Trump remains absorbed in peace negotiations with Iran. “Trump wants to exhaust all the levers that he can.…