Trump calls Colombias President an unlawful drug seller, broadcasts an finish to U.S. support to nation

President Donald Trump mentioned on Sunday (October 19, 2025) he would slash U.S. funding to Colombia as a result of the nation’s chief “does nothing to cease” drug manufacturing.

In a social media submit, Mr. Trump referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as “an unlawful drug seller” who’s “low rated and really unpopular.” He mentioned that Mr. Petro “higher shut up” drug operations “or the United States will shut them up for him, and it will not be finished properly.”

The submit, which got here whereas Mr. Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, is the newest signal of friction between the United States and considered one of its closest allies in Latin America. In September, the Republican administration accused Colombia of failing to cooperate within the drug struggle, though on the time Washington issued a waiver of sanctions that may have triggered support cuts.

Colombia is the world’s largest exporter of cocaine, and the cultivation of the essential ingredient of coca leaves reached an all-time excessive final yr, in keeping with the United Nations.

More just lately, the State Department mentioned it will revoke Mr. Petro’s visa whereas he was in New York for the UN General Assembly due to his participation in a protest the place he referred to as on American troopers to cease following Trump’s instructions. “I ask all of the troopers of the United States’ military, do not level your rifles towards humanity” and “disobey the orders of Trump,” Mr. Petro mentioned.