US President Donald Trump has issued a threat to Colombian President Gustavo Petro, warning him to “watch his ass” or face military invasion, just hours after American forces stormed Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro in a brazen early morning raid.
In a video posted by BRICS News via X.com on Saturday, Trump did not mince words when challenged about his previous threat to the Colombian leader.
“Well, he has cocaine mills; he has factories where he makes cocaine, and yeah, I think I stick by my first statement. He’s making cocaine, and they’re sending it into the United States, so he does have to watch his ass,” Trump declared during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Earlier, the Colombian president took to X, decrying the invasion of Venezuela by America.
He wrote, “The Government of the Republic of Colombia observes with deep concern the reports of explosions and unusual aerial activity recorded in recent hours in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as the consequent escalation of tension in the region.”
Following the US military intervention, Colombia’s government declared measures to reinforce its 2,219-kilometer eastern land border with Venezuela.
Petro also responded to Trump’s charges, adding that he “is not worried about anything” and inviting the American leader to visit Colombia to observe how his administration destroys cocaine laboratories “one every 40 minutes, without missiles.”
The United States began what Trump described as “one of the most stunning displays of American military might since World War II” early Saturday morning, including at least 150 aircraft in coordinated strikes over Venezuela.
Maduro and his wife were detained and flown out of the country. They are now facing a narco-terrorism conspiracy, a cocaine importation conspiracy, and firearms violations in New York.
Remember that on Christmas Day, Trump launched airstrikes in Sokoto State following an agreement with the Federal Government to target ISIS militants, after declaring Nigeria “a country of particular concern” over religious freedom in October.
Trump has openly said that if Nigeria fails to stop what he called Christian killings, “the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists.”
