Trump Calls Colombian President a Thug After Assassination Remark

President Donald Trump fired back Wednesday at Colombian President Gustavo Petro, calling him a “thug” and a “bad guy” after the far-left leader suggested it might be time for the world to “get rid of Trump.”

In a chilling interview with Univision, Petro hinted at removing Trump over U.S. counternarcotics operations, saying:

“The easiest way may be through Trump himself. If not, get rid of Trump,” he said while snapping his fingers.

Trump didn’t take the thinly veiled threat lightly. “He’s a thug and bad guy. He’s a guy that is making a lot of drugs,” Trump said Wednesday. “He better watch it or we’ll take very serious action against him and his country.”

The former and likely future president also confirmed he had already pulled all U.S. payments to Colombia, ramping up pressure on Petro’s regime to curb its increasing ties with Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and its exploding narcotics trade.

“Petro is an illegal drug dealer with a fresh mouth toward America,” Trump said earlier.

The standoff comes amid a broader Trump-led crackdown on international drug cartels, especially in Latin America. In recent weeks, U.S. forces have destroyed seven cartel-operated vessels in the Caribbean, eliminating more than two dozen suspected narco traffickers. These actions mark a decisive shift back to the America First doctrine: eliminate threats before they reach U.S. soil.

But Petro is now accusing the U.S. of killing “a fisherman,” not drug traffickers, in one of the raids a claim dismissed by U.S. officials but one that Petro is using to cry “sovereignty violation” and gin up anti-American sentiment.

Petro’s record speaks for itself:

• He’s a former guerrilla with deep ties to Marxist insurgents.

• He’s cozying up to Maduro in Venezuela one of the most repressive regimes in the Western Hemisphere.

• He’s overseeing a massive increase in cocaine production in Colombia while vilifying the U.S. for trying to stop it.

According to Wes Tabor, former DEA Caracas chief, Petro is “steeped in guerrilla warfare, socialism, Marxism… and now he’s siding with Maduro.” That’s a sharp reversal from Colombia’s long-standing role as a U.S. ally in the war on drugs.

“The relationship has historically been strong,” Tabor said. “But Petro’s pushing it off a cliff.”

Petro’s not just a problem for U.S. policy he’s becoming a global risk. And his on-camera finger-snap calling for Trump’s removal is a warning shot that cannot be ignored.

Trump’s response is what you’d expect from a strong leader unwilling to bow to third-world Marxists masquerading as presidents. While Biden lets despots talk down to America and ignore our interests, Trump reminds them that there’s a price for threatening the United States and for disrespecting our leaders.

If Petro thinks he can play dictator and keep U.S. aid flowing while harboring cartels and cozying up to Maduro, he just learned the hard way: not under Trump’s watch.

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