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Trump Threatens Colombia’s ‘Sick’ President 

January 4, 2026 at 10:37 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump issued a not-so-thinly-veiled threat to Colombian President Gustavo Petro that he will be the next Latin American leader ousted by the U.S. military, Mediaite reports.

Said Trump: “Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States. And he’s not going to be doing it for very long, let me tell ya.”

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