Trump accidentally sanctioned Italian restaurant instead of Venezuelan oil firm during final days in

[Judi Lynn]

Trump accidentally sanctioned Italian restaurant instead of Venezuelan oil firm during final days in office
‘When you move that fast, you tend to make mistakes’

Louise Hall
22 minutes ago

Former president Donald Trump accidentally sanctioned an Italian restaurant on a blacklist meant for a network of Venezuelan oil firms, reports have said.

Reuters reported that in 2019 Mr Trump sanctioned a network of oil firms and individuals tied to Venezuela’s state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) as part of a plan to crackdown on blacklisted crude oil.

The former president was seeking to force the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, who the administration accused of corruption, human rights violations, and manipulating his 2018 re-election.

On Mr Trump’s last day in office, the treasury department imposed sanctions on a man named Alessandro Bazzoni over accusations he was tied to a network attempting to evade sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sanctioned-italian-restaurant-venezuela-b1826606.html

[idziak4ever1234]

1. I still get a HUGE laugh at their press conference at Four Seasons Landscaping!

[Wingus Dingus]

2. First thing I thought of too: Four seasons landscaping, next to the adult toy shop.

They seriously tried to pretend they MEANT to do that..

[soothsayer]

3. I hope it gets fixed for that guy

Dopes

[quaint]

4. I thank the new American government for the efficiency with which it intervened, he told Corriere

Mr Bazzoni said that while he did not receive an apology from the US treasury for the mistake, “the important thing is they removed my name from that list.”

[soothsayer]

5. Awesome

[torius]

6. Not Olive Garden?

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/1/9/22221975/sean-hannity-olive-garden-pasta-pass-explained

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/28/facebook-posts/no-olive-garden-not-funding-president-trumps-re-el/