Trump calls Colombia’s president an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and vows to cut US funding

Gustavo Petro says US committed ‘murder’ after a strike on alleged drug boat in territorial waters

Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and said he would move to immediately cut US funding to the country.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump blamed the South American leftwing leader for encouraging the mass production of illegal drugs, saying he “does nothing to stop it, despite large-scale payments and subsidies from the US”.

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