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”.
“Petro, a low rated and very unpopular leader, with a fresh mouth toward America, better close up these killing fields immediately,” Trump wrote, “or the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely”.
The remarks come after Petro said the US committed “murder” following a strike on an alleged drug boat in Colombian territorial waters in September.
