The president of Colombia claims that Trump told him that “he was thinking of doing bad things” there

In the purest style of a gag from the animated series Family Guy. From ‘Nazi things, Peter’, to ‘bad things, Petro’. The president of Colombia, the leftist Gustavo Petrorevealed this Friday that his American counterpart, Donald Trumptransmitted to him that “I was thinking about doing bad things in Colombia”. After what happened with the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, that range is very wide, but Petro confirmed that he was referring to “a military intervention”.

This was stated by the president of this South American country himself in an exclusive interview with in which it does not hide that He feared running the same or similar outcome as Maduro. In other words, that a group of elite US military forces captured him at his official residence, connecting with the series of threats and coercion that he has been receiving from the Trump Administration. Even though his term expires in a few months and Colombians must vote at the end of May – and beginning of March if there is a second round -.

When Petro is asked what he did, if he promoted an important security operation in his presidential residence, he answers very clearly: “There is not even anti-aircraft defense here”. Nor a bunker, but it slips that the most precious relic of the past of the South American struggle to free itself from the colonial chain is close by and there would be no need to pronounce the now immortal quote from .

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Along these lines, Gustavo Petro has told The Country who “undoubtedly” feared that the same thing would happen to him as happened to him, given a verbal escalation and sanctions – such as the withdrawal of the visa to access the US – which is portrayed in accusations of being a drug trafficker, of not preventing drug trafficking or even of relating him to Maduro – the same one from whom the Department of Justice has withdrawn the accusation of belonging to -. “Nicolás Maduro or in the world can be extracted if it does not agree with certain interests,” says Petro.

Also asked by Colombian Intelligence, the president explained that “it was not necessary” for them to notify him of this supposedly designed operation. “Trump has been saying it for months. But what we use here is popular defense and that is why I called for popular resistance on Wednesday,” explains Petro, who took to the streets warning the US that the people would protect it in the event of foreign interference like that of Caracas.

“Trump told me in the call that he was thinking about doing bad things in Colombia. The message was that they were already preparing something, planning it, a military operation,” said the Colombian president, who does not completely end the threat. “I think it froze, but I could be wrong. “We didn’t know what military action was planned, only that there was one in progress,” he admits in the interview.

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However, Petro has also given details about the telephone conversation held last Friday and aimed at reducing tensions with the Trump Administration. “The conversation consisted of me being able to express my opinion”puts forward the Colombian president, indicating that “he had only received information from the opposition via the State of Florida” and “that opposition lies about our fight against drug trafficking.” In a statement that evokes the Venezuelan opposition, Petro has stated that “you read what he says [el expresidente] Álvaro Uribe and practically comes to defend them from attacking us.”

On the other hand, Petro has mentioned other issues of that dialogue, such as the posture and position that Trump adopted in it. “He does what he thinks, like me. He is also pragmatic, although more than me. I like to talk. His vision on many matters is very different from mine.” The president did not stop there, but he does appreciate that they coincide in the fight against drug production and trafficking: “But for example, in drug trafficking, we do not have any distance. He told me something that I liked: ‘I know that many lies have been made up around you, just as they have about me’“.

But what has Trump said about all this? “It was a great honor to speak with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the drug situation and other disagreements we have had. I appreciate his call and his tone, and I hope to meet with him soon,” said the same person who

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As has happened with Venezuela, the Trump Administration has been leading a series of escalations with other South American countries. Coincidentally, with those who have executives not inclined to Washington or from the political spectrum of the left or socialism.