Beating up the weak is the Hallmark of a bully. Beat up Columbia but not Mexico, who also denied a flight with deportees landing.I thought he was clear during the campaign that beating up other countries was the point.
Sounds like the Colombian guy didn't think this was important enough to fight about...... This time.To me is seems Trump got his way by playing hardball.
(Colombian leader quickly caves after Trump threats, offers presidential plane for deportation flights)
If everyone keeps doing that he’ll keep playing hardball. At some point someone needs to use a bigger bat.
I hope someone with large testicles will play hardball for Canada
Actually Colombia got what they wanted, refugees returned on civilian planes not military planes.
I don't know.Sounds like the Colombian guy didn't think this was important enough to fight about...... This time.
But Trump is clearly going to keep doing this. And at some point, there's going to be some pushback.
But this will further screw up Trump's efforts to create trade surpluses, as this is a fact:Colombia accepted 475 deportation flights from the United States from 2020 to 2024, fifth behind Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and El Salvador, according to Witness at the Border, an advocacy group that tracks flight data. It accepted 124 deportation flights in 2024.
Last year, Colombia and other countries began accepting U.S.-funded deportation flights from Panama.
The U.S. government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press regarding aircraft and protocols used in deportations to Colombia.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a statement said Petro “canceled his authorization” for the flights when the aircraft were in the air.
No official order had been issued as of Sunday afternoon that would allow for the implementation of the measures Trump announced.
“This is a clear message we are sending that countries have an obligation to accept repatriation flights,” a senior administration official told the AP. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss issue publicly.
Trump’s actions would seem to undercut his goal to reduce his country’s trade deficit. Unlike Mexico or China, Colombia is one of the few countries with a trade deficit with the U.S., of around US$1.4 billion, according to U.S. trade data.
Colombia is the U.S.’s second biggest buyer of corn and corn feed, according to the U.S. grains council, helping boost U.S. commodity exports from farm belt states like Iowa, Indiana and Nebraska to more than $733 million last year.
The U.S. export boom has been driven by a two-decade-old free trade agreement between the two countries, which have for long been close partners in the war on drugs. It is unclear if Trump’s tariffs are allowed under the agreement, which contains a dispute mechanism to resolve trade fights.
Colombia is the U.S.’s fourth-largest overseas supplier of crude oil, shipping about 209,000 barrels of oil per day last year, although booming domestic production has reduced the U.S.’ dependence on foreign oil. The South American country is also the U.S.’s largest supplier of fresh cut flowers.
Cocaine prices?Does this mean American coffee prices are going up.?
This is what they asked right from the start, but this is irrelevant to MAGA.Actually Colombia got what they wanted, refugees returned on civilian planes not military planes.
So far, we have lunatic threats to tariff Canada and Mexico - in breach of NAFTA.The problem is, as you say, this approach requires near constant escalation.
And eventually that results in pushback.
The problem is that most places won't push back until too late, I think.
They are hoping Trump can be placated with some minor gestures when Trump will just view that as "Oh, I can do more".
As I’ve said, let’s hope someone in Canada has testicles big enough to deal with Trump.So far, we have lunatic threats to tariff Canada and Mexico - in breach of NAFTA.
Threats to take Panama and Greenland by force.
And now a tariff war with Colombia.
All heads of state are now phoning each other to make plans of how to fence in the mad bull. From here on in, the reactions are going to be planned and carefully supported by all the countries who are worried by Trump's bullshit.
No choice. It's like dealing with Hitler. You have no choice, but to fight.As I’ve said, let’s hope someone in Canada has testicles big enough to deal with Trump.
Flowers as well. But hum I guess the new alpha masculine maga does not give flowers... hum that being they don't date either...Coffee dates are about to get a lot more expensive in the US.
It has always been the wet dream of the asocial rich to replace income tax with consumption tax.Plus, let's talk about tariff-mania.
IIRC, Project 2025 wants income tax scrapped in favour of tariffs - because every billionaire player wants to pay tariffs not income tax. With income tax, there is an effort to ensure that each pays according to his / her income.
Tariffs are just charged on consumption. And sure, Peter Thiel consumes more than a starving welfare mother in the Bronx with 3 hungry kids; but not as much more as if he were paying income tax, not tariffs.
IIRC, Trump said he was going to fire income tax staff. And he's continually pumping tariffs in speeches.
Trump is going to fuck up the entire income tax system of the USA, to the point where it is no longer viable. And he's going to tariff every other fucking country in the world on almost any flimsy excuse. That's the plan, folks! And right now, Musk, Thiel, Soros and Zuckerberg are circle jerking each other's dicks about it. (Thiel is actually sticking a dildo up his ass because I suspect he's a Bottom. But that's beside the point.)
So I'm predicting 10 more tariff announcements in the next month or so.
yes because Brazil is having difficulty with coffee production.Does this mean American coffee prices are going up.?
So in the end Colombia is paying for the flight to take illegals out of the US...I don't see what the problem is here.Lefties are going to go nuts for 4 years
Colombian leader quickly caves to Trump, offers presidential plane for deportation flights
Colombian President Gustavo Petro offered his presidential plane to repatriate migrants coming back from the U.S. on Sunday in response to stern warnings made by President Donald Trump.
The move came after Trump hit the South American country with retaliatory measures in response to Petro's refusal to accept deportation flights. A former member of the M-19, which was a Marxist guerrilla terrorist group that killed hundreds, Petro caved in to Trump's demands with remarkable speed.
In a statement translated from Spanish, the Colombian government said the plane will help facilitate a "dignified return."
"The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, coming from deportation flights," the translated statement read.
"This measure responds to the Government's commitment to guarantee decent conditions."
This weekend, American officials sent two flights of Colombian illegal aliens as part of Trump's ongoing deportation program. Petro rejected the flights, writing that the U.S. cannot "treat Colombian migrants as criminals."
"I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territory," Petro said. "The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them."
In response, Trump unleashed a slew of punishments, including ordering a 25% tariff on all goods coming into the U.S. from Colombia.
"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," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people."
"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."
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Colombian leader quickly caves after Trump threats, offers presidential plane for deportation flights
Gustavo Petro was quickly brought to heel by President Donald Trump after the Colombian leader rejected several deportation flights from the U.S. Colombia has agreed to accept deported migrants.www.foxnews.com