President Donald Trump has threatened Colombia with “decisive retaliatory measures” after two “repatriation flights” were not allowed to land in the country, the commander-in-chief wrote on Truth Social on Sunday. He added: “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 ... urgent and decisive retaliatory measures.”.
Trump went on to say that the U.S. government will impose 25 percent tariffs on Colombia on “all goods” going to the U.S. In a week, those tariffs will be raised to 50 percent, the president claimed. The president added that a travel ban and visa revocations will be imposed on Colombian government officials, as well as “all allies and supporters.”.
He also said that “visa sanctions” would be imposed on “all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.”. The American president went on to promise that there would be “Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.”.
Trump also noted that financial sanctions would be “fully imposed.”. “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!” Trump concluded.
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