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The price was devastating! He "betrayed the country to the CCP," and Trump severed his bloodline
—The cost of being pro-CCP is dire: Trump cuts off his financial aid
Reporter : Wang Duoruo / Editor: Fang Xun / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/1111/2303620.html / Image : U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro exchanged barbs over the crackdown on drug-smuggling ships. Trump announced he would halt aid to Colombia and impose tariffs. Shutterstock
U.S.-Colombian relations have deteriorated significantly! U.S. President Trump has again criticized Colombian President Gustavo Petro as a "drug kingpin," announcing an immediate halt to aid to Colombia, imposing tariffs, and accusing Petro of "selling out the country to China."
Since taking office, Trump has deployed U.S. troops in the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking. On 22 October 2025, the U.S. launched military operations for two consecutive days, sinking several drug-smuggling ships and causing multiple deaths. Petro denounced this as "murder," while Trump retorted that Petro was a "villain" leading Colombia to its destruction. Secretary of State Marco Rubio even called Petro a "madman." The U.S. subsequently reduced military aid to Colombia and cut off all aid.
Colombia was once the largest beneficiary of U.S. aid in South America, receiving $740 million in aid in 2023, half of which was used for anti-drug efforts. However, after Trump closed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Colombian funding plummeted. Meanwhile, President Pedro openly aligned himself with China, unconditionally supporting the Beijing regime and even signing the Belt and Road Initiative, triggering a diplomatic storm.
According to an analysis by the prominent Argentine media outlet *Infobae*, Pedro's move is "the most serious geopolitical miscalculation in Colombian history," plunging the country into long-term pain. Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines have also felt threatened by Beijing's expansion. A senior Colombian Foreign Ministry official privately stated, "This has cost us dearly; we should have maintained a balance between the U.S. and China."
*Infobae* points out that Chinese business activities in Latin America are repeatedly illegal and rife with corruption. Chinese companies have repeatedly engaged in harmful mining practices in Colombia and throughout Latin America, damaging the environment and bribing officials. The illegal activities of the Chinese have reminded Colombians of the dark years under the rule of drug cartels. Pei Zhuo is likely to become the first president to allow a Chinese-style "economic drug trafficking group" to infiltrate his country.
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