Donald Trump calls President Gustavo Petro ‘a very bad guy’ as Colombian leader warns of legal action in US courts.
What’s behind the crisis between Colombia and the US?
Donald Trump and Colombia’s Gustavo Petro have engaged in a new round of verbal sparring, with the United States president calling his South American counterpart a “thug” who is “making a lot of drugs”, and the Colombian leader threatening legal action against Trump in US courts.
Weeks of escalating tension between Washington and Bogota hit a new level on Wednesday when Trump told reporters at the White House he was suspending all military aid to Colombia due to its alleged role in the international narcotics trade and warned Petro to “watch it”.
“He’s a thug and
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