"Colombia is "very sick," and its government is run by "a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States," US President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday. Asked about a military intervention in Colombia, he responded: "Sounds good to me!""
""Every soldier in Colombia now has an order: any commander of the security forces who gives preference to the US flag over the Colombian flag will be immediately dismissed from the institution on the orders of the base, the troops, and myself. The order to the security forces is not to shoot at the people, but at the attacker,""
""The president takes the attacks very personally and therefore responds more as Gustavo Petro than as president," Sandra Borda, political scientist and professor at the Universidad de los Andes, told DW. "Yet he only has the support of a third of the population, his base, for this provocative discourse. Those who are not left-wing, and especially the business sector, which is very dependent on trade with the US, find Petro's reaction inappropriate. It did not go down well with them."
US President Donald Trump publicly denounced Colombia as "very sick," accused its government and suggested a military intervention, saying "sounds good to me." Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered that any security commander who favors the US flag over the Colombian flag be dismissed and instructed forces not to shoot at the people but at attackers. Petro urged Trump to stop slandering him and called on Latin American countries to unite or risk being treated as servants. Political scientist Sandra Borda said Petro responds personally, has limited popular support, and faces criticism from the business sector dependent on US trade.
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