5.1.2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he is ready to “take up arms” and fight for his country, if the United States President Donald Trump makes good his threat to invade.
Mr. Trump indicated on Sunday that Colombia could be next in his war against narcotics after launching an attack against Venezuela and arresting President Nicolas Maduro.
Speaking on Monday Petro said: “I swore not to touch a weapon again,” Petro said. “But for the homeland I will take up arms again.
“I have enormous trust in my people,” Petro said. “And that is why I have asked the people to defend the president from any illegitimate violent act against him.”
Petro has is an outspoken critic of US President Trump. The two leaders have frequently traded insults, but Trump’s threats have become increasingly hostile in recent days.
“Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to be doing it very long,” Trump said.
Asked if the U.S. would launch a military operation against Colombia, Trump responded, “It sounds good to me.”
“Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall. I don’t know how they — if they’re going to hold out, but Cuba now has no income,” Trump said. “They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil. They’re not getting any of it. And Cuba literally is ready to fall. And you have a lot of great Cuban Americans that are going to be very happy about this.”
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