Petro, Donald Trump and Colombia

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Trump calls Colombia's Petro an 'illegal drug leader' and announces an end to US aid to the country
The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washi...

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Trump calls Colombian President Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and announces an end to US aid to the country (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported Trump called Petro an 'illegal drug dealer')
Trump to Hit Colombia With Tariffs, Calls Petro ‘Drug Leader’
Trump calls Colombian president a ‘drug leader’ and threatens US will ‘close up’ country’s ‘killing fields’: ‘It won’t be done nicely’
Donald Trump issued a threat to Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, on Sunday morning after the South American leader spoke out against the deadly U.S. attacks against vessels in the Caribbean the Tr...

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US releasing survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel to their home countries
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says
The move, which was first reported by Reuters, means that the U.S. military will not have to grapple with thorny legal issues surrounding military detention for suspected drug traffickers, whose alle...

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Trump says will hike tariffs on Colombia as drug trade feud escalates
Trump to repatriate two survivors of strike on alleged ‘drugs sub’ destroyed in Caribbean

Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Says Latest Caribbean Strike Hit Colombian Insurgent Drug Boat

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia accused the United States of murdering an innocent fisherman in an attack on a boat American authorities claimed was carrying illicit drugs, prompting President Trump to declare on Sunday that he would slash assistance to Colombia, one of Washington’s top aid recipients in Latin America.

Republican Warns Trump is Becoming a ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ President

“Stephen Miller drives the crackdown on immigrants and the push to use the National Guard,” he wrote. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the assault on public health. Russell Vought is overseeing the mass firing of thousands of federal workers.”

Trump promised farmers a bailout. Time is running out.

The White House blames Democrats and the government shutdown for the delay of their multibillion-dollar bailout, but that’s just one of many problems the administration faces.

Trump vows to keep 'massive' tariffs on India until Russian oil imports cease

U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated on Sunday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him India will stop buying Russian oil, while warning that New Delhi would continue paying "massive" tariffs if it did not do so.

‘Brander in chief’ Trump puts his mark on the federal government

President Donald Trump made his money by slapping his name on hotels and products. Now he’s doing the same thing to the US government.

George Santos snaps at CNN host over idea Trump gave him 'favorable treatment'

Former New York Rep. George Santos said he wasn't worried about "pearl-clutching" from critics of his commutation by President Donald Trump during a CNN interview.

Colin Jost Cringes as Trump Joke Falls Flat on ‘Weekend Update’

“Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost was surprised by the audience reaction to a joke he made about President Donald Trump’s decision to send more than $20 billion to bail out Argentina’s economy.
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