Trump threatens Colombian President Petro with potential US military action, claiming Colombian drug production, further deteriorating bilateral relations with Bogota.US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that Colombian President Gustavo Petro “will be next” to face potential US action, accusing him of hostility toward Washington and linking his administration to drug production.

Responding to questions about whether he intended to open dialogue with Petro, after recent outreach to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump said Petro “has been quite hostile toward the United States.”

“I hope he listens. He’ll be next. He’s going to have serious problems,” Trump threatened.

Trump again accused Colombia of increasing drug production and “selling it directly” in the United States, repeating a claim he has parroted on numerous occasions, increasing tensions with the Latin American state. In October, Petro was placed on the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list over allegations tied to the expansion of cocaine production during his tenure.

Trump’s threats against Petro were delivered shortly after he addressed a US military action in the Caribbean Sea, where American forces hijacked an oil tanker in an operation aimed at punishing Venezuela and Iran for what the administration described as sanctions violations.

Al Mayadeen report