If you blinked, you missed Colombia’s attempt to take on Donald Trump. Instead, the socialist president of the South American nation ended up humiliating himself … in record time.
Yesterday, Gustavo Petro announced the he refused entry to US flights carrying deported Colombians rounded up in the first days of Trump’s aggressive enforcement operations. It didn’t take long for Trump to respond, slapping all Colombian imports with a 25% tariff and suspending all visa processing. Trump also promised to start escalating his response even further today if Petro didn’t open his airport to deportation flights:
President Trump said his administration would immediately impose 25% tariffs on Colombian goods coming into the U.S., which he described as retaliation for Colombia rejecting two U.S. flights carrying migrants back home.
The move came hours after…
