President Petro warns Colombian forces after Trump threats

Earlier on Sunday, Trump told reporters that Colombia and Venezuela were “very sick” and that the government in Bogota was run by “a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States”. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has now released a statement, issuing a stark message to the country’s armed forces. “Every commander of the public force who prefers the flag of the US to the flag of Colombia must immediately withdraw from the institution.” “The constitution orders the public force to defend popular sovereignty,” he said in a post on X.