From shock raid to saber-rattling US President Donald Trump threatened military action against Colombia Monday, days after Special Forces nabbed Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro in a pre-dawn Saturday op, flying him to New York for drug-trafficking trial.
Aboard Air Force One, Trump zeroed in on Colombia’s Gustavo Petro: “Country’s very sick, run by a sick man who loves making cocaine and dumping it in the US but not for long.” Asked point-blank on strikes? “Such an operation? Sounds good to me.” Classic Trump fire.
Bogota erupted: Foreign Ministry slammed it as “unacceptable threat to an elected leader,” “undue interference,” straight-up illegal under int’l law. Tensions boiling between neighbors, US sees narco ties, Colombia cries sovereignty foul.
Maduro saga? Lightning raid amid years of sanctions, now facing kingpin charges. Broader war on cartels or power play? World watches.
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