Trump lobs fresh threats at Colombia

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00:00Trump Lobs Fresh Threats at Colombia

00:03Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to Colombian President Gustavo Petro, telling him he needs

00:08to wise up or he could be next in the context of escalating tensions between Washington

00:12and Bogota over narcotics policy and U.S. military operations in the Caribbean.

00:17Trump described Petro as hostile to the United States and sharply criticized Colombia's

00:21role in cocaine production, saying it could have serious consequences if the Colombian

00:26leader did not change course.

00:28Trump said that Petro had been fairly hostile to the United States, adding that Colombia

00:33is producing a lot of drugs, repeating his longstanding allegation that the country operates cocaine

00:39manufacturing sites that send narcotics into the United States.

00:43He alleged that Petro oversees drug factories and said U.S. authorities know the locations

00:48of several such sites, though he offered no evidence to support the claim.

00:53Petro has firmly rejected U.S. accusations that Colombia is responsible for directing narcotics

00:58into the United States, calling such claims unfounded and politically driven.

01:02He has condemned U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smuggling vessels as unlawful and destabilizing.

01:08And he has argued that such actions undermine human rights and regional cooperation.

01:13In protest over the strikes, Petro ordered a suspension of intelligence cooperation with U.S. agencies,

01:19saying that information sharing should not be used to justify lethal operations against boats

01:24in international waters.

01:26Some analysts and regional critics have also suggested that U.S. actions in the Caribbean

01:30reflect broader geopolitical aims beyond counter-narcotics.

01:34Tensions have risen alongside a significant expansion of the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean

01:40and waters off South America, with warships, marines, and fighter jets deployed as part of

01:45operations the Trump administration says are aimed at disrupting drug trafficking.

01:49Since early September, U.S. forces have carried out multiple strikes on vessels they describe

01:54as suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific, resulting in dozens of deaths.

02:02Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been one of the strongest regional critics of these actions,

02:06condemning the maritime strikes as unlawful and a violation of international norms,

02:11and suspending certain intelligence cooperation in protest.

02:15The tensions are unfolding against the backdrop of broader U.S. pressure on Venezuelan President

02:19Nicolas Maduro, whom Trump has accused of facilitating drug flows toward the United States.