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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) rejected threats by his US counterpart Donald Trump who besides accused him of being a cause trafficker.
U.S. forces attacked Caracas successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday (January 3, 2026), bombing subject targets during a daze snatch-and-grab raid to region Venezuelan person Nicolas Maduro from powerfulness and asseverate Washington’s power implicit the oil-rich South American nation.
Speaking to reporters connected Air Force One connected Sunday (January 4) Mr. Trump made akin threats of subject enactment against Colombia, saying the South American state is “very sick too” and “run by a sick antheral who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States.”
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“He has cocaine mills and cocaine factories and is not going to beryllium doing it precise long,” Mr. Trump added.
When asked whether subject involution akin to Venezuela was connected the cards for Colombia, the Republican person said: “It sounds bully to me.”
“You cognize wherefore due to the fact that they termination a batch of people,” Mr. Trump claimed without evidence.
Mr. Petro rebuffed the accusations saying his “name does not look successful tribunal records.”
“Stop slandering me, Mr. Trump.” Mr. Petro said connected the societal media level X.
“That’s not however you endanger a Latin American president who emerged from the equipped conflict and past from the radical of Colombia’s combat for Peace.”
Mr. Petro has harshly criticized the Trump administration’s subject enactment successful the portion and accused Washington of abducting Mr. Maduro “without ineligible basis.”
In a aboriginal station to X connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) Mr. Petro added “friends bash not bomb.”
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry called the U.S. President’s threats “unacceptable interference” and demanded “respect.”
Colombia and the United States are cardinal subject and economical allies successful the region, but their relations person been strained.
Since the commencement of Mr. Trump’s 2nd term, the 2 leaders person regularly clashed implicit issues specified arsenic tariffs and migration policy.
