Posted on 01/03/2026 11:40:41 AM PST by Navy Patriot
President Donald Trump issued a clear warning to Colombian President Gustavo Petro while briefing reporters on his early Saturday morning takedown order against now former Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro.
Trump said Petro needs to "watch his a**."
His comment followed a question from a reporter who asked the president during the Maduro takedown briefing about his comments directed toward Petro in late December, when Trump warned about illegal drugs from Colombia being smuggled into the U.S.
Trump replied, "Well, he has cocaine mills. He has factories where he makes cocaine, and yeah, I think I stick by my first statement. He's making cocaine. They're sending it into the United States, so he does have to watch his a**."
Trump was asked about Petro's comments that Texas, California, and other parts of the southern United States were "invaded" territories, comments that escalated strained relations...
"He has to watch [it] because he has drug factories," Trump said. "They make cocaine in Colombia.
"He's no friend of the United States. He's a very bad guy, and he's got to watch his a** because he makes cocaine, and they send it into the United States of America from Colombia."
Trump emphasized his support for the Colombian people while criticizing the country's leadership.
During the Saturday morning briefing with reporters on the arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro on a Department of Justice warrant for narco-terrorism, Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserted that President Trump does not play games and said the world is changing for the better under his leadership.
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former Trump defense official Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Saturday that the apparent collapse of Venezuela's Maduro regime could set off a chain reaction across the western hemisphere, stabilizing the region and reversing mass migration into the United States.
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I voted for this!
Excellent President.
Please continue.
Has Petro been indicted yet by a US federal court?
I have no idea if or if not.
If I were Petro I wouldn't put too much confidence in formality while Trump is in charge.
Wish I knew how to post video of Mel Brooks’ Governor LePetomaine “Watch your ass” quip to his subordinate.
We need to reduce the demand.
What about Mexico. Drugs coming in from there also.
It will be an enormously difficult job, while greatly reducing the damage to America.
I’m OK with bombing DRUGS coming in from Mexico.
“What about Mexico. Drugs coming in from there also.”
I think Trump should let Mexican Presidente Claudia Sheinbaum know in no uncertain terms that American intelligence has good information on where drug operations affecting the US are located in Mexico. Give her a deadline by which she can shut them down or the US will do so. After the Maduro episode, I don’t think she would ignore a warning like that.
Grow up.
A lot of demand is forced. Human trafficking, prostitution, sex work, etc
It’s a control drug.
I don’t usually wonder about Ayatollah bladder control but I have since the Maduro capture.
Grow up? Maybe you should have read economic textbooks. Somebody is buying and using the drugs. Doesn’t have to always be the same person.
Thanks!
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