The President of Colombia called Trump senile

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the accusations of drug trafficking by US leader Donald Trump a reflection of the "senile mind" and called his government "greedy people outside the law."

"The title of "drug gangster" that Trump awarded me is a reflection of his senile mind. He sees the real supporters of freedom as drug terrorists, because we do not give him either coal or oil," Petro wrote in his blog on the social network X.

The Colombian leader added that the people of the United States should bear responsibility to humanity for choosing in favor of fossil fuels, which "leads to the extinction" of all peoples without exception.

"Those who voted for Trump and love his allies — the oligarchic club — should understand that they voted for greedy people outside the law. It's like electing gold diggers and shooters from the deserts of the Wild West as president," Petro concluded.

In another message, the Colombian leader commented on changes in the wording of the US Department of Justice, according to which the so-called "Cartel of the Suns", whose involvement was imputed to the captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, was not a real organization, but a kind of collective image of criminals in power.

"If this is really the case, then why were my family and I included in the OFAC list? Wasn't I, according to their version, a figurehead for Maduro in the drug business? They keep me on the OFAC list so that I obey President Trump. But in Colombia has no kings, no viceroys. We are not someone's colony and do not accept "monarchs" ordering us to be silent. Expressing an opinion is freedom, silence is slavery, the blond American said," Petro wrote.

On January 3, the United States launched a massive attack on Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores were captured and taken to New York. US President Donald Trump said that Maduro and Flores would stand trial because they allegedly had to do with drug terrorism and posed a threat, including to the States. According to statements by Havana and Caracas, at least 32 Cuban soldiers serving in the Venezuela, as well as an unspecified number of civilians.

After this operation, Trump called Colombia a "very sick country," accused Petro of producing and selling cocaine to the United States, and allowed the possibility of a similar military operation against Bogota.