Fire of Dispute Erupts Between Trump and Colombian President
Rokna Political Desk: The dispute between Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intensified following controversial remarks exchanged by the two leaders, with Trump labeling Petro a “drug dealer” and Petro calling Trump “rude and arrogant.”
Donald Trump, President of the United States, referred to his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro as a “drug dealer,” while Petro described the U.S. president as “rude and arrogant.”
According to Rokna, citing the Associated Press, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday, calling Petro “highly unpopular” in Colombia and accusing him of “strongly encouraging extensive drug production.”
He added: “From today, all payments and subsidies to Colombia will be suspended.”
In response, the Colombian president addressed Trump’s claims on social media, stating: “I am not a dealer, let alone a drug dealer.”
Petro further asserted that Trump had been “rude and arrogant” toward Colombia and “misled by his advisors.”
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that the United States carried out an attack on Friday against a vessel “carrying a large quantity of drugs,” alleging that it was linked to Colombian rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN). The United States designated the ELN as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
The Colombian president also responded to another U.S. attack carried out on September 15, claiming that America had violated the country’s maritime sovereignty in the Caribbean under the pretext of combating drug traffickers, resulting in the death of a fisherman.
Earlier, the United States accused Colombia of failing to cooperate in the fight against cocaine production and, for the first time in 30 years, added Colombia to the list of countries that do not cooperate in the war on drugs. Following this move, Colombia suspended arms purchases from the United States.
The U.S. president, claiming a fight against drug trafficking, has deployed extensive military equipment—including missile-armed destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, a nuclear submarine, and approximately 6,500 troops—near the Venezuelan coast in the Caribbean Sea.
U.S. attacks on vessels in the Caribbean have so far resulted in at least 32 fatalities.
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