"Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump ended their mutual attacks on Wednesday after a phone call lasting more than an hour. Upon hanging up, the U.S. president said it had been a great honor to speak with his Colombian counterpart and that he looked forward to welcoming him at the White House, a meeting his advisors are already arranging. Petro responded that Colombia can now sleep peacefully."
"When he was about to address a crowd in a packed plaza in Bogota, he joked that he had prepared a speech but that after the call he had to write another one. Petro was much more cordial than usual and assured his audience that Trump is not stupid and that it was other people who had led him to believe that he was a drug trafficker or a front man for Nicolas Maduro,"
Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump ended months of reciprocal verbal attacks following a cordial phone call lasting more than an hour. Trump described the conversation as a great honor and extended an invitation for a White House visit, which advisors are arranging. Petro told citizens that Colombia can now sleep peacefully and adopted a conciliatory tone at a Bogota plaza, saying others had mischaracterized Trump as a drug trafficker or Maduro front. Trump wrote that Petro explained the drug situation and thanked him for his tone. Months of discreet bridge-building by Colombian officials and business leaders preceded the rapprochement.
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