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President Donald Trump said connected Sunday (October 19, 2025) helium would slash U.S. backing to Colombia due to the fact that the country's person “does thing to stop” cause production.
In a societal media post, Mr. Trump referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro arsenic “an amerciable cause dealer” who is “low rated and precise unpopular.” He said that Mr. Petro “better adjacent up” cause operations “or the United States volition adjacent them up for him, and it won't beryllium done nicely.”
The post, which came portion Mr. Trump was astatine his Mar-a-Lago edifice successful Florida, is the latest motion of friction betwixt the United States and 1 of its closest allies successful Latin America. In September, the Republican medication accused Colombia of failing to cooperate successful the cause war, though astatine the clip Washington issued a waiver of sanctions that would person triggered assistance cuts.
Colombia is the world's largest exporter of cocaine, and the cultivation of the captious constituent of coca leaves reached an all-time precocious past year, according to the United Nations.
More recently, the State Department said it would revoke Mr. Petro's visa portion helium was successful New York for the UN General Assembly due to the fact that of his information successful a protestation wherever helium called connected American soldiers to halt pursuing Trump's commands. “I inquire each the soldiers of the United States' army, don't constituent your rifles against humanity” and “disobey the orders of Trump,” Mr. Petro said.
