Overview
- Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Trump said Colombia is "very sick" and alleged President Gustavo Petro "likes to produce cocaine and sell it to the United States," adding that a U.S. operation there "sounds good to me."
- Petro responded on X that the accusation is false and said his name has never appeared in Colombian judicial files related to drug trafficking.
- The exchange followed a U.S. operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, which Petro denounced as the first bombing of a South American capital and used to urge regional unity while rejecting calls for vengeance.
- Trump earlier warned that Petro should "watch his back" and reiterated that he views Colombia under Petro as compromised by narcotrafficking.
- Trump separately said Cuba is "about to fall" after losing Venezuelan oil income and claimed he offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico to confront cartels he says control parts of the country.