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Colombia bowed to pressure from Donald Trump and conceded defeat in the tariff war with the United States. But before the deal, the Colombian president criticized Trump in a lengthy post.
Colombia bows to pressure from Donald Trump amid tariff war (Reuters Image)
Moments before Donald Trump’s tariff war defeat, Colombian President Gustavo Petro slammed the US president as a “white slave owner” and said the US would “never dominate” the South American country.
He said Trump considered him an “inferior race” and added that he was “not a Colombian either”.
US Columbia Tariff War
Petro’s strongly-worded comments came after Donald Trump announced sanctions on Sunday, including the cancellation of visas for government officials and a 25 percent tariff on all Colombian goods, because Colombia illegally It refused to allow two US military planes to deport migrants.
Petro, in turn, ordered retaliatory tariffs on all American goods entering Colombia, sparking a tariff war. However, hours later, the White House said the South American country had agreed to “all of Trump’s conditions,” including accepting planes carrying illegal immigrants.
However, before the deal, the Colombian president went to X and lashed out at Trump.
Trump, a mi no me gusta mucho viajar a los EEUU, es un poco aburridor, pero confieso que hay cosas meriterias, me gusta ir a los barrios negros de Washington, allí ví una lucha entera en la capital de los EEU entreosy Latin con barricadas , que me pareció una pendejada,… — Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 26, 2025
“Trump, I don’t really like traveling to America, it’s a bit boring, but I admit there are meritorious things,” Petro said.
“I don’t like your oil, Trump. It will destroy the human race because of greed. Maybe one day, over a glass of whiskey—which I’ll accept despite my gastritis—we’ll talk about it openly.” Can. But it’s hard because you think of me as an inferior race, and I’m not and I’m not a Colombian,” he added.
The president said he would “die on my principles,” adding that he was resisting Trump the way he resisted violence.
“If you know anyone stubborn, it’s me. Period. You can try to impose an economic or political coup, as was done with Allende, but I will die by my principles. I will die of violence. Confronted, and I resist you. I don’t want slave owners near Colombia, and we have freed ourselves. What I want near Colombia is freedom lovers If you can’t join me, I’ll go somewhere else Ga,” he said.
“You may kill me, but I will live among my people, who came to America before you. We are the people of the wind, the mountains, the Caribbean Sea, and freedom,” Pietro said.
‘I don’t shake hands with white slave owners’: Colombian president hits out at Trump
“You don’t like our libertarians, all right. I don’t shake hands with white slave owners. I shake hands with white libertarians who are Lincoln’s heirs and with the young black farmers of America, whose graves But I cried and prayed that after I walked the hills of Italy and survived COVID, they are America, and I kneel before them, Mr. President , knock me down And America and humanity will respond. You will never dominate us,” he added.
Responding to Trump’s threat of tariffs in which he said the US would impose a 25 percent tariff that would rise to 50 percent within a week, Petro said he would also retaliate.
“I hear you put a 50% tariff on the fruits of our labor entering the US. I will do the same,” he said.
