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Date: January 26, 2025 at 12:32:26
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: how do you say fuck you rump in columbia? |
URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5107673-trump-tariffs-colombia-deportation-flights/ |
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Trump places tariffs, travel ban on Colombia after not accepting deportation flights
by Tara Suter - 01/26/25 3:05 PM ET
President Trump said Sunday he is placing tariffs, a travel ban and other measures after the government rejected two planes carrying migrants, and the country’s president said he would prohibit U.S. deportation flights entry.
“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump added that the Colombian president’s “denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States,” and that, therefore, he had “directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures,” including U.S.-bound goods facing tariffs of 25 percent and the prohibition of travel “on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters.”
“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 said.
Trump campaigned heavily in the last election on the issue of immigration, and members of his new administration have looked to intensely promote any action on the matter within the president’s first few days in office.
“The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” the Colombian president said on X earlier Sunday. “I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territory.”
On Friday, a White House spokesperson said the Trump administration had commenced with the flying of immigrants who had come into the U.S. illegally away from the country via military aircraft.
“Deportation flights have begun,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X. “President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences.”
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Date: January 27, 2025 at 12:00:16
From: Pedro, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: how do you say fuck you rump in columbia? |
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Loosely translated President Gustavo Petro said 'I'm
sorry President Trump, sir. I'll send my presidential
plane to pickup the deportees right away, sir!'.
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Date: January 27, 2025 at 21:49:56
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: how do you say fuck you rump in columbia? |
URL: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5109002-latin-america-will-not-put-up-with-trumps-new-monroe-doctrine/ |
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Latin America will not put up with Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine
by Cruz Bonlarron Martínez, opinion contributor - 01/27/25 4:00 PM ET
On Sunday, tensions escalated between President Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro after the latter refused to accept deportation flights on U.S. military planes. Although the Colombian government routinely receives deportation flights from the U.S., it seems that the decision came after it was reported that migrants on similar flights to other countries in the region were handcuffed and forced to endure inhumane conditions.
Trump did not respond kindly to the Colombian government’s refusal. He took to his social media site Truth Social to deride Petro as a “socialist” who is “unpopular amongst his people” stating that the refusal constituted a “national security threat.” He said he would retaliate by sanctioning members of the Colombian government and imposing a 25 percent tariff on goods from Colombia, which is one of America’s largest trading partners in the region. The White House quickly released an official statement in which “Colombia” was misspelled as “Columbia.”
Petro proved to be a formidable adversary for Trump’s social media battle, responding with posts on X deriding the inhumane conditions that migrants faced on deportation flights and announcing that he would also put tariffs on goods coming from the U.S. In one particularly long post, worthy of a García Márquez novel, Petro said that while he finds traveling to the U.S. boring, he does like American writers like Walt Whitman and admires the history of the American working class, but will quit looking toward the north and open up to the rest of the world.
On Sunday night, an agreement seems to have been reached between the Trump administration and Colombia that would lift the proposed sanctions and tariffs in exchange for resuming deportation flights between the two countries, leading both sides to release statements claiming victory. But the spat reveals some issues that the administration will continue to face when implementing its “America First” foreign policy in Latin America.
By treating the countries of the region as if they were still banana republics that would bend over backward to fulfill the U.S. government’s wishes, Trump gravely underestimates their power as a united bloc. According to the United Nations, the region constitutes 21.3 percent of U.S. foreign trade, equal to over $1 trillion. That is not a small number. If the region consciously decided to look towards other trading partners, the U.S. economy would feel the effects, and not just in coffee prices.
Trump’s saber-rattling with Mexico, Colombia and Panama will most likely lead these countries to fortify their relationships with China and Russia. Brazil, the giant of Latin America, is a founding member of the BRICS alliance and has shown that it is possible to successfully break free from U.S. economic dependency. Before Trump’s inauguration, Colombian officials were already looking at ways to join that alliance, and now there is an even greater sense of urgency.
Last week, the State Department announced it would be freezing foreign aid, including support for crucial programs to tackle the root causes of regional migration, poverty and violence. These cuts will only exacerbate the region’s migration crisis. Trump’s rhetoric alienates Panama and Colombia, whose cooperation is needed to fulfill his migration policy in the Darien Gap. Petro’s recent statement that Colombia is open to the world could have effects beyond promoting the country’s natural beauty.
Suppose Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were serious about stemming the flow of migrants from Latin America. In that case, they might want to support more leaders like Petro, who lifted 1.6 million Colombians out of poverty through substantial investment in social programs in 2023. They might want to support Petro’s efforts to stop drug trafficking through traditional enforcement mechanisms and a policy of peace that seeks to demobilize the country’s armed groups through negotiation. They might want to listen to Petro on how they can peacefully solve the political crisis in Venezuela and fortify regional cooperation on human rights.
Trump and Rubio need to accept that Latin America will not put up with a new Monroe Doctrine. They must treat the region’s countries as equals, because they are sovereign nations, not banana republics. If they don’t accept those facts, Latin America will move further towards China’s embrace, and the Trump administration will lose the ability to ensure that the region’s countries cooperate with their immigration plans.
If Rubio does not change course, he will go down in history not only as the first secretary of state of Latin American descent but as the one who pushed Latin America away from the U.S.
Cruz Bonlarron Martínez was a Fulbright Fellow in Colombia from 2021 to 2022. His writing on politics, human rights and culture in Latin America and the Latin American diaspora has appeared in various U.S. and international publications.
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Date: January 27, 2025 at 12:40:51
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: how do you say fuck you rump in columbia? |
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not really what he said at all ot...he said i see your tariffs and call your bs, and i will send my personal plane to pick up the folks you give the boot to because they ain't assholes like you and i m not going to let your military planes land here...your translator needs some work...
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