Jan. 5 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump threatened military action against Colombia's government and said Cuba was on the precipice of falling on Sunday, a day after arresting Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump called Colombia, a U.S. ally, "very sick" and run by "a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States."
Relations between Washington and Bogota have plummeted during the second Trump administration, beginning in January when both sides threatened one another with tit-for-tat tariffs after Colombian President Gustavo Petro barred the United States from sending military planes carrying migrants from landing in the country.
Trump has steadily increased the rhetoric targeting the socialist leader, going so far as to lob unfounded allegations of drug crimes at Petro, who has repeatedly denied them while pursuing domestic anti-narcotics efforts.
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