Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused Donald Trump of being a “white slave holder” on his way to “eradicate the human species” in a sizzling destruction.
President Trump had previously imposed 25 percent rates on Colombian imports and an immediate withdrawal of visa for government officials, after the country had refused two aircraft loads with citizens who had been deported from the United States.
That rate will be increased to 50 percent within a week.
Less than two hours after Trump announced his retribution of Colombia, Petro offered his presidential plane to “facilitate the worthy return of the countrymen who would arrive in the country this morning after deportation flights.”
But now he has launched a wild attack on President Trump, which increases the relationship between the two nations.
'You don't like our freedom, okay. I don't shake a hand with white slave traders, “he said. “If you overthrow me, president, America and humanity will respond … You can try to perform a coup with your economic strength and your arrogance.”
Petro warned Trump that his 'greed' could mean the downfall of humanity in the brutal attack.
“I don't like your oil, Trump,” he said, and added, “You're going to eradicate the human kind because of greed.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused Donald Trump of being a “white slave holder” on his way to “eradicate the human species” in a sizzling Takedown
President Trump had previously imposed 25 percent rates on Colombian imports and an immediate withdrawal of visa for government officials, after the country had refused two aircraft loads with citizens who had been deported from the United States.
Less than two hours after Trump announced his retribution attempts against Colombia, Petro offered his presidential plane to “facilitate the worthy return of the countrymen who would arrive in the country this morning after deportation flights”
Petro publicly told Trump through X that the “Blockade does not scare me, because Colombia is not only the land of beauty, but is also the heart of the world.”
In response to the 'on the fruits of our human work' rate, Petro has imposed a rate of 25 percent – that will amount to 50 percent – on American goods that come in Colombia.
The Tit-for-Tat resulted in mean jokes against President Trump and, broader, against the United States.
'Trump, I don't like traveling to the US, it's a bit boring … I have to confess that there are some praisy things.
“I like to go to the black neighborhoods of Washington, where I saw a whole fight in the American capital between blacks and Latinos with barricades, which seemed nonsense to me, because they should join.”
And Petro made it clear that he would not recover, despite the fact that the White House insisted that he did that exactly during the Vluchtsaga after he had voluntarily offered his own plane to pick up migrants.
“You will never rule us,” he said. 'The warrior who drove through our country and shouted freedom, called BolÃvar, opposes us. I will die in my law, I have opposed torture and I oppose you.
'I don't want slave traders next to Colombia, we already had a lot and we liberated ourselves. What I want besides Colombia are lovers of freedom. ”
Trump ordered a rate of 25 percent and the withdrawal of Visa for Colombian government officials after the president had refused to land deportation flights for migrants on Sunday
Mexico and Colombia refused to land the military planes with migrants. On the photo: migrants let an American military plane get off the plane after it had landed in Guatemala on January 24, 2025
Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, described the situation according to the New York Times as a 'bold and daring escalation on both sides'.
'That Trump threatens Colombia in this way is quite bold in itself. Colombia remains historically the longest existing, the deepest, strategic ally in the region. '
Petro prevented two American military aircraft full of his citizens in the country, in the midst of a massive deportation of those who entered the country illegally.
He objected to the use of military flights and demanded that his people would be sent back with 'dignity and respect'.
“If that country sends them back, it should happen with dignity and respect for them and for our country,” he said.
Petro did offer his disagreements with President Trump 'one day while enjoying a glass of whiskey', but said that this would be difficult because he thinks the American leader does not respect him or his people.
'It is difficult because you consider me an inferior race and I am not, and that is not a single Colombian. So if you know someone who is stubborn, then I am, “he said.
The Pers Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said that the final collaboration of Colombia “makes the world clear that America is being respected again.”
Some countries claim that their residents were not treated properly during their detention in the US and complain that they are sent back with handcuffs
On Sunday, Trump announced on Truth Social that he ordered his government to impose sanctions and rates on Colombia and his government officials after the president had refused to have two separate military flights of migrants land back in their country.
“President Trump will fiercely protect the sovereignty of our nation, and he expects that all other countries of the world will fully cooperate in accepting the deportation of their citizens who are illegally present in the United States,” she said.
Trump announced the rates, as well as his commitment of 'a travel ban and immediate visa inkings to the Colombian government officials and all allies and supporters' on social media.
According to Trump's announcement on social media, all 'party members, family members and supporters of the Colombian government' will also be confronted with visa sanctions.
“These measures are just the beginning,” the president warned. “We will not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced to the United States!”
During his first week in the Oval Office, Trump signed around ten implementing decisions with regard to illegal immigration and the migrant limit crisis.
During his first moments as president, Trump proclaimed the national state of emergency to the southern border.
But a plane full of migrants did not leave the US after Mexico said it would not allow it to land on their territory.
The flight was one of the three who would leave on Thursday.
The other two were on their way to Guatemala with more than 150 people on board – and completed their missions successfully when the government allowed the plane to land with deported migrants.
Civil servants from the Ministry of Defense confirmed last week that their armed forces are planning 5,400 migrants currently in custody to fly from the US for deportation missions.
