“The government in Bogotá is run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States,” Trump said. “And he’s not going to be doing it very long. Let me tell you.”
When pressed if that meant military action, Trump replied, “Sounds good to me.”
Petro shot back on X, denouncing Trump’s remarks as “slander” and urging Latin America to unite or “be treated as servants and slaves.” He accused Washington of bombing a South American capital “for the first time in human history” following the U.S. abduction of Maduro. Continue reading…