Colombia Caves To Trump’s Threat Of Tariffs Within An Hour After Previously Refusing To Accept Deportation Flights
Migrants board a plane during the first deportation flight of
undocumented Venezuelans from the United States to Venezuela, in
Harlingen, Texas
President Donald Trump slammed Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro
for
refusing to accept deportation flights while vowing to respond with
tariffs and travel bans for Colombian officials.
Socialist Colombian President Petro announced on Sunday that the
country is refusing to accept deportation fights into the country,
before quickly reversing course following Trump’s tariff threat.
“The U.S. cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I deny the
entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territory.
The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment
of migrants before we receive them,” Petro wrote in an X post.
Los EEUU no pueden tratar como delincuentes a los migrantes Colombianos.
Desautorizo la entrada de aviones norteamericanos con migrantes colombianos a nuestro territorio.
EEUU debe establecer un protocolo de tratamiento digno a los migrantes antes que los recibamos nosotros.
Two U.S. military flights headed towards Colombia, presumably
carrying illegal Colombian migrants, were forced to turn back after
Petro’s declaration, according to a flight tracker.
President Trump responded to Petro’s announcement on Sunday, writing
“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United
States, with a large number of illegal Criminals, were not allowed to
land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President
Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people.”
“Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National
Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my
Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive
retaliatory measures,” Trump continued.
The measures include an “Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming
into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to
50%,” along with “Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members,
and Supports of the Colombian Government.”
Trump also vowed to implement a travel ban and “immediate Visa
Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials,” as well as “Enhanced
Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals
and Cargo on national security grounds.”
“These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the
Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the
acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United
States!”
President
Donald J. Trump announces retaliatory measures against Colombia after
the country denied illegal alien deportation flights:
-Travel ban. -Emergency tariffs. -Financial sanctions. -Enhanced inspections at the border. -Visa revocation on government officials. pic.twitter.com/8VDZwzuZDq
Following Trump’s threat, the Colombian government quickly caved,
even offering its own presidential plane to accept Colombian nationals
who illegally migrated to the United States.
“The Colombian Government, under the leadership of President Gustavo
Petro, has arranged for the presidential plane to facilitate the
dignified return of the compatriots who were to arrive in the country
this morning from deportation flights. This measure responds to the
Government’s commitment to guarantee dignified conditions,” the
Colombian government wrote in an official statement.
Trump responded to the swift victory with an AI image depicting him
in a mobster looking outfit, along with the phrase “FAFO” which means
“F*** around and find out.”
Colombia’s decision to refuse to accept Colombian migrants and
quickly reverse course follows a similar scenario Mexico recently
underwent after defying Trump’s deportation orders, only to quickly
reverse course after President Trump applied pressure.
“Thanks to President Trump: Yesterday, Mexico accepted a record 4
deportation flights in 1 day!” press secretary Karoline Leavitt
announced in a Friday X post.
“This comes in addition to unrestricted returns at the land border,
the deportation of non-Mexicans & reinstatement of Remain-in-Mexico.
Mexico has also mobilized 30k National Guard,” she added.
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