‘He Better Watch It’: Trump Warns Colombia’s President Over Cocaine Claims and U.S. Criticism

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a sharp warning to Colombian President Gustavo Petro after Petro criticized Washington over the seizure of sanctioned Venezuelan oil and said the U.S. Southwest was “stolen land” that should be returned to Latin America.

Responding to the remarks, Trump accused Colombia’s leadership of allowing cocaine production and drug trafficking into the United States, while stressing that he supports the Colombian people but not their current government.

The exchange marks a new escalation in rhetoric between Washington and Bogotá amid rising regional tensions involving Venezuela sanctions, drug enforcement, and U.S. military operations in the Caribbean.

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00:00So in response to the United States taking sanctioned oil from from Venezuela a Colombian president Gustavo Petro

00:07Criticized the United States by saying well the Southwest has stolen land and that it should be returned to Latin America

00:11I just wanted to know what your response to that. He has to watch because you know, he's got drug factories. They make cocaine in Colombia and

00:20He's no friend of the United States. He's very bad very bad guy and

00:24He's got to watch his ass because he makes cocaine and they send it into the United States of America from Colombia

00:31We love the Colombian people. I love the Colombian people. They're great people energetic smart great

00:38but their new leader is a troublemaker and

00:42He better watch it. They you better close up those cocaine factories if at least three major cocaine factories

00:49We know where they are. He better close them up fast. Yeah

00:51By the way, it's made and sold into the United States comes through Mexico. Thank you, sir

00:57You've named governor Landry to be new special envoy to Greenland. How do you what do you see that role entailing?

01:02And do you is it still your intention that what he called me and you know, he viewed

01:06Louisiana the Louisiana purchase he said I'm governor of Louisiana and he said I would love I didn't call him. He called me. He's very

01:14Proactive. He's a great guy. He's a deal guy. He's a deal banker type guy

01:18and

01:20We need it for national protection. We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population

01:26And I don't know they say Denmark but Denmark has spent no money. They have no military protection

01:32They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat. Well, we were there with boats, too. I'm sure

01:38so we'll have to work it all out, but he

01:42He felt very strongly we we needed financials. We need Greenland for national security

01:49Not for minerals. We had some we have so many sites for minerals and oil and everything

01:53We have more oil than any other country in the world. We need Greenland for national security

01:58And if you take a look at Greenland you look up and down the coast you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place

02:04We need it for national security. We have to have it and he wanted to lead the charge. So we're making him

02:12You

02:42You

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