President Donald Trump announced on Sunday retaliatory measures against Colombia after the Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who is a former Marxist terrorist, rejected allowing deportation flights from the U.S. to land in his country.
“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia,” Trump posted on social media. “This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people.”
Trump said that Petro’s denial of the flights has “jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States” and as result he has decided to take the following immediate actions against Colombia:
- Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.
- A Travel…
