Trump to Increase Tariffs, Cut Subsidies to Colombia Over Drug Trafficking

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(Left) U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the WHite House on Jan. 20, 2025. (Right) Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 19, 2024. Jim Watson, Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump will raise tariffs on Colombia after a public dispute with the nation’s president, who Trump labeled as an “illegal drug leader” earlier on Sunday.“They don’t have a fight against drugs—they make drugs,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while speaking about the issue, calling Colombia “a drug manufacturing machine” with “a lunatic” as president.

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