Trump to Hit Colombia With Tariffs, Calls Petro 'Drug Leader'

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Source: msn/Bloomberg

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(Bloomberg) --

Donald Trump accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being an “illegal drug leader,” saying the US will halt all aid to the country and impose fresh tariffs in a dramatic escalation of tensions with one of Washington’s closest security partners in Latin America.

Trump claimed drug trafficking “has become the biggest business in Colombia” and said Petro “does nothing to stop it” despite years of US funding. “AS OF TODAY, THESE PAYMENTS... WILL NO LONGER BE MADE,” the US president wrote Sunday on social media.

The announcement follows Trump’s September decision to “decertify” Colombia as a partner in fighting narcotics, relegating the longtime US ally to the same category as Venezuela, Bolivia, Afghanistan and Myanmar. The move comes amid the largest cocaine boom in history, with most of the supply originating in Colombia.

Petro hit back, saying on X that “Trump is being deceived” by advisers, and adding that he has done more than any other leader to expose links between drug traffickers and Colombia’s political elite. Trump told reporters on Air Force One late Sunday that he would impose tariffs on Colombia as punishment for its drug trade and would announce the rate on Monday, calling the country “a drug manufacturing machine.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-to-hit-colombia-with-tariffs-calls-petro-drug-leader/ar-AA1OLvhC

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[lostincalifornia]

1. It will be interesting how much consumers pay for coffee is affected by the sociopath?

[Prairie Gates]

2. Translation: Trump asked to use Colombia as staging area for Venezuela strikes and they said no

He's really gearing up for war in Venezuela. This also has something to do with the desperate need to keep that idiot Miele in power in Argentina.

[cstanleytech]

3. Best route to use to reduce crime, the use of drugs and alcohol is to make people's lives actually better.

In this country that would mean people need jobs that are rewarding in the amount of pay so they can afford to put a roof over their heads, food on the table, their heathcare costs lower and enough to eventually retire on.

[republianmushroom]

4. an "illegal drug leader," possibly, but not a little Putin bitch as trump is.