US President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, calling him an “illegal drug leader.” Trump criticised Petro for encouraging drug production across the country and also announced that the US would cut aid to the nation.

Trump posted on Truth Social, “President Gustavo Petro, of Colombia, is an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia. It has become the biggest business in Colombia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long term rip off of America. AS OF TODAY, THESE PAYMENTS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PAYMENT, OR SUBSIDIES, WILL NO LONGER BE MADE TO COLOMBIA. The purpose of this drug producti

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