Steve HermanPresident Trump says he's taking immediate retaliatory measures against Colombia for its government not allowing two repatriation flights from the US, "with a large number of Illegal Criminals," to land there.
Update: Colombia's president to offer his presidential plane for repatriation of Colombian nationals deported from the US.
"President Trump is not messing around when it comes to protecting America’s Homeland." - Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary on the immediate actions imposed against Colombia
Yes, the White House misspelled Colombia in the headline of an ICYMI note it sent out to correspondents this afternoon.
In a post to the Colombian president’s Twitter (X) account, Gustavo Petro, a former M19 urban guerrilla movement leader, vows retaliatory tariffs on the US, tells President Trump “you can try to carry out a coup with your economic strength and your arrogance… I resisted torture and I resist you.”
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@w7voa would that our Prime Minister had that sort of fighting spirit but right now his cheeks are blushed from having a sentence of praise tossed in his direction (even though it was only said to spite Elon)