WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that they had a cordial meeting in their first face-to-face encounter, defying the fears of some analysts and advisers who questioned whether the two would get along given that they had traded barbs for months and represent radically different ideologies.
Petro arrived at the White House without the public fanfare afforded to some foreign leaders, and no media were allowed to attend the roughly two-hour meeting. In separate remarks afterward, neither leader clearly stated that they walked away with concrete agreements, but both discussed the encounter in upbeat terms.
Asked by reporters if they had come to an acco
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