Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro accused President Donald Trump of being “rude and ignorant” to Colombia after Trump called him an “illegal drug dealer” on Sunday.
The Colombian government claimed that Trump’s remarks are a “direct threat” to Colombian national sovereignty.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, President Trump accused Petro of being an “illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs” in Colombia and denounced that Petro’s administration has done nothing to stop drug trafficking despite the United States’ large scale payments and subsidies. As a result, President Trump announced that he would suspend all U.S. payments and subsidies to Colombia.
“The purpose of this drug production is the sale of massive amounts of product into the United States, causing death, destruction, and havoc,” President Trump wrote. “Petro, a low rated and very unpopular leader, with a fresh mouth toward America, better close up these killing fields
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