Source: New York Post
“U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday night he would raise tariffs on [American buyers of goods from] Colombia and stop all payments to the South American nation, escalating a feud that stems from the U.S. military’s strikes on vessels allegedly transporting drugs in the region. Earlier in the day, Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro ‘an illegal drug leader,’ while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces had attacked a vessel associated with a Colombian rebel group. Petro said the boat belonged to a ‘humble family,’ not a rebel group, while his government called Trump’s remarks offensive. Trump’s latest comments marked a new low in relations between Washington and Bogota, which Trump accuses of being complicit in the illicit drug trade. ‘They don’t have a fight against drugs — they make drugs,’ Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.” (10/20/25)