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At least 34 U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers with a history of carrying Venezuelan oil are currently at sea in the Caribbean, according to a new analysis obtained by CNBC on Wednesday.

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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Mate, you aren't getting the point.

The formal reason why Venezuela has been sanctioned is to stop oil getting to Russia.

The other guy is pointing out that the sanctions are only being enforced by America because Trump has personal beef with Maduro.

As soon as Putin requests (orders) the blockade lifted then Trump will do so.

Trump does not give a shit about Ukraine.

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world -1 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

You’re not saying anything new just reinforcing what I said:

Venezuela is trying to supply black market oil to Russia and Iran after that oil was sanctioned because of the genocide in Ukraine.

The other guy is talking conspiracy theories. The oil was sanctioned and Venezuela still tried to supply it to profit off genocide. Of course the US is going to enforce the sanctions. This isn’t 5d chess.

Trump can’t be too blatant about his loyalty to Putin. Everytime his base starts to notice he does something to pretend he isn’t owned by Putin.

Lifting the blockade for Putin would be too blatant. He would lose followers.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The sanctions have been in place for years.

America hasn't enforced them.

When America started attacking Venezuela it was because of drugs.

Now Trump has admitted it is about oil. Thats it. There's no conspiracy, Trump either lied originally or he has no fucking clue what hes doing or why.

He hasn't even mentioned sanctions either.

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Pam Bondi speaks on behalf of Trump and was quoted in the article:

The tanker, which transported oil from Venezuela and Iran, has been sanctioned by the U.S. for years “due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,”

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 1 points 15 hours ago

Fucking hell are you just deliberately trying to miss the point or is it an accident?

What they are SAYING is not in line with what they are doing or have said previously.

They never mentioned anything about oil or sanctions until they seized the tanker. Every single utterance has been about drugs.

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