After the attack on Venezuela, US President Donald Trump also blatantly threatened Colombia. He also set his sights on Greenland again.
Jan 05, 2026, 06:0501/05/2026, 06:18
The Republican told reporters that Colombia was “very sick” and was being ruled by a “sick man” who loved “producing cocaine and selling it to the United States.” He “won’t be doing that for much longer,” said Trump – without going into detail about what he specifically meant by that.
Donald Trump seems to enjoy eliminating unpopular heads of state.Image: keystone
Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro is one of the harshest and most outspoken critics of the current US government internationally. Last fall, he gave a speech at the United Nations in which he harshly criticized Trump, including calling for criminal prosecution for the attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. He also shared a video on social media in which he called on the “nations of the world” to stand together against the USA. The USA then revoked Petro’s visa for the United States.
Gustavo Petro is a sharp critic of the USA under Trump.Image: keystone
Trump subsequently criticized Petro several times, but did not mention him by name at his press conference on the flight to Washington. When asked by a journalist whether there would be military action against Colombia, Trump said:
“That sounds good to me.”
Trump also has Mexico, Greenland and Cuba in his sights in one way or another. He renewed US ambitions for Greenland, saying it was “important to national security”. The statements were met with significant criticism in Greenland and the countries of Scandinavia as well as Finland. You can read more about it here:
He once again accused Mexico of not doing enough to combat drug exports to the USA. If this does not change, we will also “have to do something”. Trump has repeatedly offered Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to send US troops to fight drug trafficking. Sheinbaum had always clearly rejected this. Trump spoke about it again and explained that Sheinbaum was “a little bit scared.”
However, the US President does not want to send troops to Cuba. As previously stated, he declared that the country would “fall by itself.” He does not believe that “any measures have to be taken” to achieve this.
The USA attacked a number of targets in Venezuela on Saturday night, captured head of state Nicolás Maduro and brought him out of the country. He is to be tried in New York on drug charges. Colombia is a neighboring country of Venezuela in South America and is considered an important cocaine production location. (sda/dpa/con)