What about a tariff on Colombian cocaine?

Editor's note: Part of the "retaliatory measures" against Colombia is a 25 percent tariff on all products imported into the US. President Trump also said the tariffs on Colombian products will be raised to 50 percent in one week. US corporations and the CIA having been wreaking havoc in South America for decades. Is it any wonder South Americans want to live in the US? The US is Colombia's largest trading partner with Colombian US imports totaling US$62.8 billion in 2023. If there is a 25 percent tariff with that percentage being raised to 50 percent in one week will it also include a tariff on Colombian cocaine production imported into the US (record cocaine production in 2023)? Right, a tariff on Colombian cocaine? Ha ha ha...cocaine production outpaces oil production (estimated $20 billion). Colombia not only exports cocaine but Colombia also exports a disproportionately high number of mercenaries many who are being killed and taken captive by the Russian military in Ukraine.
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Trump strikes back with retaliatory measures against Colombia for rejecting deportation flights

Colombian president later offered personal presidential plane for deportations

By Anders Hagstrom , Bill Melugin and Andrea Margolis | January 26, 2025

Vice President JD Vance was pressed on when grocery prices would come down during an interview on Sunday with CBS's Margaret Brennan.

President Donald Trump pushed back on Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday after Petro's regime refused to allow U.S. deportation flights to land in his country.

The U.S. had sent two flights of Colombian illegal aliens from the U.S. this weekend as part of Trump's burgeoning deportation program. Petro argued on X that the U.S. cannot "treat Colombian migrants as criminals," leading to backlash from Trump.

"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 wrote on social media.

"Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures," Trump continued.

Trump says he has ordered a 25% tariff on all goods coming into the U.S. from Colombia, a tariff that will rise to 50% after one week. He also ordered a travel ban and Visa revocations for all Colombian government officials, including their "allies and supporters."

He also ordered enhanced Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspections of "all Colombian nationals and cargo."

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