Washington: In a startling escalation of diplomatic tension, U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being a “drug leader,” while declaring that Washington will halt all major financial payments to Colombia. The statement, delivered via Trump’s social media platform, marks one of the sharpest public attacks on a South American head of state in recent years.

Trump alleged that Petro’s government has allowed large-scale narcotics production and trafficking to flourish, claiming it directly contributes to what he described as “death, destruction, and havoc” in the United States. “We will no longer continue to send large payments to a regime that profits from the poison destroying our communities,” Trump wrote, vowing to redirect funds toward domestic an

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