UPDATE 2: Petro is indeed not backing down. Colombia will impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from the US.
He also directs Colombia's foreign trade minister to explore other countries to export to, and promises to support local exporters hurt by US tariffs.
The trade wars have begun.
He also directs Colombia's foreign trade minister to explore other countries to export to, and promises to support local exporters hurt by US tariffs.
The trade wars have begun.
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Pow, right in the ag industry.
Iowa really taking a hit on this one
it’s all fun and games until the dementia-addled cretin punches his supporters in the face
No flowers for Valentine’s Day this year.
Gods know we can’t count on most of the Democrats to do it. Hakeem Jeffries has resorted to what sounds like thoughts and prayers. 🤬
I have heard so many different takes about this story, I have no idea what’s real anymore, which is precisely what trump wants.
Aside from republicans, who's afraid of l'il ol trump?
If Japan or France or England wanted to send some Americans back, should we refuse to take them too?
And just a touch of reading would've told you this, but the plane landed in Honduras and he sent his own plane to get them.
Is there something wrong with our military planes? They're obviously good enough for our military to travel on.
back all along. Read the info. Trump acting like a buffoon on the world stage is not the strength he or his minions thinks it is.
I think your knowledge of Colombia includes the continent that it's a part of and something about "Pablo Escobar".
It’s one or the other.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/us-news/colombias-president-gustavo-petro-buckles-under-trumps-trade-war-threat-offers-presidential-plane-for-deportation-flights/
https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3lgohla5lek25
The easy offramps seem gone.
However, I’d be curious to see what percentage of Colombia’s yield goes to the US, and the breakdown of Europe’s important between the Americas and Africa.
https://bsky.app/profile/lula.com.br
https://bsky.app/profile/whiskeynachos.bsky.social/post/3lgocqpjhks2a
Link: https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/1883624818811236502
Other countries have politics of their own. And there is an awful lot of anti-American resentment beneath the surface in many countries that a leader under pressure can tap into.
Great job Trump. Great. Job.
See:
https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/us-news/colombias-president-gustavo-petro-buckles-under-trumps-trade-war-threat-offers-presidential-plane-for-deportation-flights/
See:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colombian-leader-quickly-caves-after-trump-threats-offers-presidential-plane-deportation-flights
So yeah, guess all Colombian coffee and 80% of all imported flowers are now going to be 50% more expensive now.
The trade wars are starting off swimmingly.
https://bsky.app/profile/crisodiodobem.bsky.social/post/3lgojiuolgs26
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I wouldn’t have thought he’d but flowers for Melania anyways so…
Should I make some of those 'I did that' with Biden pointing stickers that were on gas stations all over, but with Trump? For the supermarket? Well, all the stores really.
Not that it will stop Fox from blaming the Democrats for it
Not colombian arabica, etc. 🤡🤦♂️
How are pork futures looking?
And the issue here is his insistence on cruelty. “I can treat immigrants like shit and you can’t make me stop.”
- Colombia: Deportations are fine, but don't use military planes.
- Trump: F*** YOU. 50% tariffs, visa bans, and sanctions.
- Colombia: If you're going to be that way, screw you too, 50% tariffs back at you, we're breaking up, and we'll see other people *coughChinacough*.
Hell of a negotiator 🙄🙄😆😆
(Jesus Christ, this Administration is so stupid)
But that's history, the White House and MAGA don't even know the meaning of that word.
We tried to warn them, but I guess they once again fell into that classic conservative brain usage that ruins everything for everyone.
What a day of bullying, threats, and theatrics. Every U.S. ally must be looking around even more nervously than before.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/trump-colombia-tariffs-paused