‘Come get me, I’m waiting for you’: Colombian President Petro dares Trump after US threatens military operation | World News
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump. (AP/Reuters photo)
After the US military launched its operation against Venezuela and captured its deposed leader Nicolas Maduro last week, tensions have soared between US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro as the latter dared the Republican leader in a statement saying, “Come get me, I am waiting for you.”
The development comes as US President Donald Trump earlier threatened a similar action against Colombia, saying that the South American country is “very sick too and run a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States.” The US president added, “Petro has cocaine mills and cocaine factories and is not going to be doing it very long.”
Hoy veré si las palabras en inglés de Trump se traducen como dice la prensa nacional. Por tanto, más tarde las responderé hasta saber lo que significa realmente la amenaza ilegítima de Trump.En cuanto al señor Rubio que desliga autoridades del presidente y dice que el…— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 5, 2026
In a post on X, Gustavo called out the Trump adminration and wrote, “As for Mr. Rubio, who separates the president’s authorities and says that the president does not want to collaborate while the authorities do; I request that he read the Constitution of Colombia because his information is completely wrong, it is the product of interests of Colombian politicians linked familially or commercially to the mafia, who want the breakup of relations between the US and Colombia so that cocaine narcotrafficking explodes in the world.”
