Videos: Nusr-Et aka Salt Bae under fire for serving Venezuela's President Maduro

Restaurant owner and chef, Nusr Et also know as Salt Bae has been slammed for serving Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in since deleted footage.

This is because Venezula is currently in the middle of a democratic crisis and Maduro's leadership is recognized by many as a dictatorship.
Maduro has held power since 2013.

Why #SaltBae whyyy???

Salt Bae cooking steaks for Dictator Maduro while citizens literally starve in #Socialist Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/A3HYbGyuaF

— Raccoon Brand (@raccoonbrand) September 19, 2018

Salt Bae even gifted Maduro a T-shirt:

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Venezuela se muere de hambre y Nicolas Maduro comiendo en Turquía de la mano del reconocido chef, Salt Bae @nusr_et ¿Que tal? Así están las cosas...¿Quién no llora viendo cómo cada noche los niños en Venezuela se acuestan sin un plato de comida en el estomago, la cantidad de venezolanos que cruzan las fronteras a pie porque están pasando hambre? ¿Y donde quedan todos los venezolanos en la calle buscando comida de la basura como el video que coloque la semana pasada? OPINEN USTEDES... #NicolasMaduro #Saltbae #SOSVenezuela #Venezuela

A post shared by D A N I B E T T Z U Ñ I G A (@danibettzuniga) on Sep 17, 2018 at 2:30pm PDT

US politician Marco Rubio was the first to criticise the footage:

#Salt Bae @nusr_ett⁩ deleted the tweet with the video of him lavishing dictator Maduro with a steak dinner while the people of #Venezuela starve. Fortunately @miamiherald downloaded it before he deleted it. Watch here:https://t.co/AC9qkFWyOw

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018

Nicolás Maduro was returning from a state trip to China when he stopped over in Turkey and visited the famous restaurant.
Part of the Venezuelan population are without food, the economy is in crisis. The visit caused online consternation that the president chose to enjoy a 'lavish' meal at the famed restaurant.

My family ❤️ pic.twitter.com/g3vLhCy68d

— Nusret #saltbae (@nusr_ett) September 18, 2018

Salt Bae should feed the people of Venezuela, not the dictator who oppresses them Clueless Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe — known as Salt Bae for his theatric salting wrist twist — deserves every ounce of scorn he’s getting in Miami for courting Venezuelan ... https://t.co/i8v5DDJlki pic.twitter.com/fa4lUewL9h

— U.S. Reality Check🗽 (@USRealityCheck) September 19, 2018

Some even called for boycott:

boycott #saltbae #nusr_et you don’t feed dictators, he starves his country’s citizens to death.... shame on u

— amaliacaputo (@amaliacaputo) September 18, 2018

For loving on Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro, ‘Salt Bae’ deserves to fry in Miami. The latest from columnist @fabiolasantiago: https://t.co/CtVgSZ8RhV pic.twitter.com/Xz0vLdFJP8

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) September 18, 2018

I honestly do not see anything wrong in Salt Bae serving Maduro. Salt Bae is an entrepreneur who serves many of his customers.
If he declined serving Maduro, I bet the world would have criticized him more, labeling him a racist or a rude person!