What to expect when Trump and Colombia's Petro meet on Tuesday

President Donald Trump is set to welcome Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House for talks. Tuesday's meeting comes weeks after Trump accused the Colombian leader of pumping cocaine into the United States and threatened military action against his South American country. U.S. administration officials say the meeting will focus on regional security cooperation and counternarcotics efforts. Bad blood between the leaders looms large ahead of the sit-down. Trump, on the heels of an operation to capture Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, warned Petro last month that he could be next. The conservative Trump and leftist Petro are ideologically far apart, but both leaders share a tendency for verbal bombast and unpredictability. That's giving the visit an anything-could-happen vibe.

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'All I want is a piece of ice'.

Well, #DozyDon: some people think that you have already flooded select cities in the #UnitedStates with #ICE. Masked goons with total immunity sent out to intimidate all people somehow linked to #migration.
And then #Trump mixed up #Greenland and #Iceland four times: this orange horrorclown has pulp in his skull, but no brain.
And yes: #TACO47 all over again as stock markets started to erode. It's the #economy, stupid.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly99w1zx4lo

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And just like that authoritarianism escaped its flag and sent sirens ricocheting off into the dark corners of Mad King Donald’s ICED and federally policed DC.

Per Alijazeera, FFS.

#johnbolton #retribution #taco47 #raids

FBI raids home of John Bolton, former Trump adviser turned critic.

The raid is one of several investigations launched against critics of President Donald Trump, fuelling fears of government ‘retribution’.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/22/fbi-raids-home-of-john-bolton-former-trump-adviser-turned-critic

FBI raids home of John Bolton, former Trump adviser turned critic

The raid is one of several probes launched against critics of President Donald Trump, fuelling fears of ‘retribution’.

Al Jazeera

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Trump did another cray late night Lies Antisocial dump and Gov. Gavin Newsom was totally there for it!

#taco47 #mania

How many Canadian and Mexican goods are shielded from Trump's new tariffs

A key carve-out for Canada and Mexico shields the vast majority of goods from the punishing duties, even though U.S. President Donald Trump raised the tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% last week. Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump negotiated during his first term are excluded from the tariffs. Canada’s central bank says 100% of energy exports and 95% of other exports are compliant with the agreement. The Royal Bank estimates that almost 90% of Canadian exports appear to have accessed the U.S. market duty free in April. Canadian and Mexico companies can claim preferential treatment under the deal, based on rules of region.

AP News
Trump imposes sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries in latest bid to reshape global trade

High levies affecting some of world’s poorest countries are to go into effect in seven days, while Mexico granted 90-day extension

The Guardian
Trump imposes sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries in latest bid to reshape global trade

High levies affecting some of world’s poorest countries are to go into effect in seven days, while Mexico granted 90-day extension

The Guardian

Good for #Mexico but again...cluck! cluck! cluck!

"Trump Administration Live Updates: Mexico Gets 90-Day Extension as #Tariff Deadline Looms"

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/31/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.ak8.E0Mt.eCLTFhQzUpSc&smid=url-share

#TACO #Taco47

Fifty days is the 2nd of September. A Tuesday. Again. See you at the next #TACO Tuesday!
#taco47

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/us-ukraine-weapons-trump

Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine and gives Russia new deadline to make peace

When President Donald Trump won last year’s election, European officials quickly began discussing how to sustain US weapons shipments to Ukraine under a leader who had vowed to pull back American support.

CNN
@volts.wtf Not to worry - it's all pump and dump for his mates. Just like last time. #taco47