President Donald Trump revealed that he will be slapping a new tariff on Colombia, the latest move in his war on drug trafficking in South America.
Trump told reporters on Sunday night that he will announce the specific rate on Monday, while calling the country a “drug manufacturing machine” with a “lunatic” for president.
The move to impose additional tariffs on Colombia was already teased by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who met with Trump earlier in the day.
In an statement after that meeting, Graham called the new levies “major” ones.
“Those who continue to be involved in narcoterrorism against the United States will pay a very heavy price,” he added.
Trump has been in a feud with Colombian President Gustavo Petro for months now, which seemingly culminated on Sunday.
In a blistering Truth Social post, Trump trashed Petro as an “illegal drug leader” who has been “strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia.”
TRUMP THREATENS TO STRIKE COLOMBIAN DRUG FIELDS, CUTS SUBSIDIES TO COUNTRY
Trump then threatened to strike these drug production facilities, and cut all U.S. subsidies to Colombia, which he said “are nothing more than a long term rip off of America.”
Petro has responded to these threats and actions from Trump by denying he’s a drug trafficker, saying “in my heart there is no greed.”
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