So, just to make sure we’re all clear — the president of Colombia, a guy who once belonged to an actual Marxist guerrilla group, is now casually suggesting it might be time to “get rid of” President Donald Trump… and snapping his fingers while saying it on live television like he’s auditioning for a mafia biopic?
Welcome to diplomacy in 2025.
Gustavo Petro, the current leader of Colombia, made his comments during an interview with Univision, where he floated the idea that “humanity” might need to remove Trump to save itself — you know, just your standard peaceful political disagreement… with a side of implied assassination. Nothing to see here, right?
Colombian President Petro threatens to “get rid of Trump” As a way forward. Petro morning cup of coffee is altered with “powdered sugar” 😁 pic.twitter.com/UlPKvRra5X
— Real Hamlet Garcia (@Hamletgarcia17) October 21, 2025
Except Trump saw it. And in true Trump fashion, he didn’t mince words.
“He’s a thug and a bad guy,” Trump told The Daily Wire, responding to Petro’s on-camera stunt. “He’s a guy that is making a lot of drugs.” Direct. Blunt. And, let’s be honest — not entirely inaccurate.
.@MaryMargOlohan: The president of Colombia recently said that if you won’t change, maybe you need to be gotten rid of. Do you view that as a threat? @POTUS: “He’s a thug and bad guy…He better watch it or we’ll take very serious action against him and his country.” pic.twitter.com/of3eYWGHhW
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) October 22, 2025
In the past year, Colombia has been slowly turning its back on the U.S. and cozying up to Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime in Venezuela. That’s not an internet rumor — that’s according to Wes Tabor, a former DEA leader who spent years tracking drug cartels in South America. And if anyone knows what’s going on in that part of the world, it’s him.
Petro’s background isn’t exactly a mystery. He came up through guerrilla warfare and Marxist politics — not exactly the profile of a traditional U.S. ally. But now, instead of focusing on stopping the flow of cocaine into American cities, Petro seems more interested in publicly taking shots at Trump — the very guy whose administration has been actively wiping cartel operations off the map.
Let’s talk about that for a second.
The Department of War (yes, the renamed DoD under the Trump-Vance administration) has taken out seven cartel vessels in the Caribbean in the last few weeks alone. More than two dozen suspected narco traffickers — gone. That’s serious action, the kind Petro should be applauding… unless, of course, those cartels are part of the reason he’s upset.
Petro fired back after one strike, claiming the U.S. didn’t hit a drug vessel, but instead killed a poor fisherman. That’s when Trump hit back harder, threatening Colombia with new tariffs and immediately cutting all U.S. payments going to the Petro regime.
Imagine thinking you can threaten the President of the United States on TV — and then expect a check in the mail the next week.
This is what real foreign policy looks like now. Not carefully worded press releases and quiet behind-the-scenes phone calls. No more begging for cooperation while U.S. cities are flooded with fentanyl. The Trump administration is making it crystal clear: side with narco-states, or feel the pressure.
But it’s not just about one fiery interview or one naval strike. The bigger picture is this: Colombia, under Petro, is slipping out of the U.S. orbit and heading straight into the arms of authoritarian socialism. He’s not even trying to hide it anymore. The friendly relationship we had for decades? Hanging by a thread.
So when a leader like that says, with a snap of his fingers, that it’s time to “get rid of” a sitting U.S. president — that’s not just a hot take. That’s a line crossed.
And if Petro thought Trump was going to let that slide? He might want to double-check what happens when you openly provoke the leader of the most powerful country on Earth — especially one who’s been very, very clear that America’s days of playing nice are over.
This is far from over.
