In a social media post, #Trump referred to #Petro as “an illegal drug leader” who is “low rated & very unpopular.” Trump warned that Petro “better close up” drug operations “or the United States will close them up for him, & it won’t be done nicely.”
Later in the day, Trump told reporters that #Colombia has “no fight against drugs” & “they are a drug manufacturing machine” with “a lunatic” for a president. He said that he would announce new #tariffs Monday.
Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth also announced the latest US strike on a vessel that was allegedly carrying “substantial amounts of narcotics.”
He said the vessel was associated with a Colombian rebel group — the National Liberation Army, or #ELN — that has been in conflict with #Petro’s government. He did NOT provide any evidence for his assertions, but he shared a brief video clip of a boat engulfed in flames after an explosion on Friday.
