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Colombia's President said >>>> Trump, I don't really like travelling to the US, it's a bit boring, but I confess that there are some commendable things. I like going to the black neighbourhoods of Washington, where I saw an entire fight in the US capital between blacks and Latinos with barricades, which seemed like nonsense to me, because they should join together. \n \nI confess that I like Walt Whitman and Paul Simon and Noam Chomsky and Miller \n \nI confess that Sacco and Vanzetti, who have my blood, are memorable in the history of the USA and I follow them. They were murdered by labor leaders with the electric chair, the fascists who are within the USA as well as within my country \n \nI don't like your oil, Trump, you're going to wipe out the human species because of greed. Maybe one day, over a glass of whiskey, which I accept, despite my gastritis, we can talk frankly about this, but it's difficult because you consider me an inferior race and I'm not, nor is any Colombian. \n \nSo if you know someone who is stubborn, that's me, period. You can try to carry out a coup with your economic strength and your arrogance, like they did with Allende. But I will die in my law, I resisted torture and I resist you. I don't want slavers next to Colombia, we already had many and we freed ourselves. What I want next to Colombia are lovers of freedom. If you can't accompany me, I'll go elsewhere. Colombia is the heart of the world and you didn't understand that, this is the land of the yellow butterflies, of the beauty of Remedios, but also of the colonels Aureliano Buendía, of which I am one, perhaps the last. \n \nYou will kill me, but I will survive in my people, which is before yours, in the Americas. We are peoples of the winds, the mountains, the Caribbean Sea and of freedom. \n \nYou don't like our freedom, okay. I don't shake hands with white slavers. I shake hands with the white libertarian heirs of Lincoln and the black and white farm boys of the USA, at whose graves I cried and prayed on a battlefield, which I reached after walking the mountains of Italian Tuscany and after being saved from Covid. \n \nThey are the United States and before them I kneel, before no one else. \n \nOverthrow me, President, and the Americas and humanity will respond. \n \nColombia now stops looking north, looks at the world, our blood comes from the blood of the Caliphate of Cordoba, the civilization of that time, of the Roman Latins of the Mediterranean, the civilization of that time, who founded the republic, democracy in Athens; our blood has the black resistance fighters turned into slaves by you. In Colombia is the first free territory of America, before Washington, of all America, there I take refuge in its African songs. \n \nMy land is made up of goldsmiths who worked in the time of the Egyptian pharaohs and of the first artists in the world in Chiribiquete. \n \nYou will never rule us. The warrior who rode our lands, shouting freedom, who is called Bolívar, opposes us. \n \nOur people are somewhat fearful, somewhat timid, they are naive and kind, loving, but they will know how to win the Panama Canal, which you took from us with violence. Two hundred heroes from all of Latin America lie in Bocas del Toro, today's Panama, formerly Colombia, which you murdered. \n \nI raise a flag and as Gaitán said, even if it remains alone, it will continue to be raised with the Latin American dignity that is the dignity of America, which your great-grandfather did not know, and mine did, Mr. President, an immigrant in the USA, \n \nYour blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the country of beauty, is the heart of the world. I know that you love beauty as I do, do not disrespect it and you will give it your sweetness. \n \nFROM TODAY ON, COLOMBIA IS OPEN TO THE ENTIRE WORLD, WITH OPEN ARMS, WE ARE BUILDERS OF FREEDOM, LIFE AND HUMANITY. \n \nI am informed that you impose a 50% tariff on the fruits of our human labor to enter the United States, and I do the same. \n \nLet our people plant corn that was discovered in Colombia and feed the world \n \n1:15 PM · Jan 26, 2025 ·11.1M Views

Go home and Demand your leaders back home to support your family rights freedom protection food shelter school and jobs the same way you all voted for charges here do the same back home stop running from your country and fight to build it to be the greatest country for yourself and you will never have to go through this in your life again man will fail you but God will never forsake you it's a sign time run out you all got court in the change you all voted for against your self this is f up why did you all vote for trump knowing he's a man to his word whether he's right or wrong his going to get his way because you all give him the right to do what ever he wants to do with your life in God we continue to trust hallelujah amen ??

? looks like other leaders don’t respect Trump.

Trump brought his own big shovel to the main house in america to dig his own grave...he has failed buisness behind him and does not have the common sense to be a DIPLOMTIC POLITICAL LEADER

*HOW DID JESUS VIEW POLITICS?* Satan, the devil, offered Jesus rulership over [all] the kingdoms of the world. Did Jesus accept the generous proposal? No. (Matthew 4:8-11) Jesus never got involved with human politics. Why? Human leaders cannot save us or direct their steps. (Psalms 146: 3; Jeremiah 10: 23) Only one government will fix all our problems on this planet—God's Kingdom when established on earth. (Matthew 6: 10) This wicked world aka society will soon end and be replaced during Armageddon. We will see more ceasefires until all authority and power is given to the beast aka the United Nations and they will say: “Peace and security!” The great tribulation is [just around the corner]. Are you ready? Trump will be remembered as a “peacemaker” indeed because he'll attempt to battle Christ with his 144,000 kings who will rule over the earth. (Revelation 5: 10) Then after that war, real peace will exist from sea to sea.

As a Colombian, I applaud Trump, who can free us from this narco-guerilla leader whose president we have; more than 80% of Colombians do not want him and he is going to set up a dictatorship.

Your headline should read, “Trump Makes Colombian Socialist Leader Fold Like A Card Table.” Trump backed him down in less time than it took him to play the back nine.

Yeah this is what happens when you have a leader that actually has a backbone that walks his talk. Took less than an hour for Colombian president to recognize Trump ain't Biden and start actin right and accept those planes lol.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF DONALD J TRUMP ITS SO NICE TO HAVE A GREAT LEADER THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE

So that is what you would call a true leader TRUMP.

Thanks God we have a leader in president Trump!

Retaliation? He told everyone what he would do. Columbia wants to play stupid games, so they’re getting stupid prizes. They made their choice so trump is doing what he said he would. That’s not retaliation, that’s a leader keeping his promise

I just Hope we can fix all Trumps Crap after we get rid of him. Joe had to fix his crap, now the next leader of the free world will have to fix HIS BULLY ASS CRAP!!!!!

4 more years!!! Finally we have a Real Leader in the Oval Office! Americans should make their own coffee! This is a wake up call for all other counties that the Adults are back in the White House. \nLet’s go Trump????

AFTER TRUMP TOLD COLUMBIA THE CONSEQUENCES FOR DENIAL OF THE CRIMINALS TO BE RETURNED THE DICTATOR LEADER. SAID HE WOULD FLY THESE PEOPLE BACK TO HIS COUNTRY AND THEY WOULD DEAL WITH THEM. FAFO IS WHAT ALL THESE COUNTRIES ARE NOW AWARE OF. THE LION IS IN CHARGE NOW.

Good job President Trump - America now has a true leader!

Comment section full of clueless consumers, bunch of followers no leaders…. Trump Doing For USA and NOBODY else as He Should! ?

You know what makes Trump a political buffoon? Americans took over Central and South America in the 1940s. Oh, now that the leader of Columbia turned back American military aircraft this announcer is said he's not popular with his people. And please, talk English.This isn't an immigrant crack-down if military craft fly to other countries at will.

Trump sure does like the limelight. Former leaders get the job done without the need to draw attention to themselves. 4:37 - last year Biden averaged more than 5000 deportations per week. Last week T deported 2600.

Trump isa true leader! Can you imagine Kamala doing this?? No one in the world would ever respect Kamala!

Foreign leaders know a punk when they see one. Trump brought a spoon to a knife fight.

That’s how the leader should be \nI love trump even more

uuuff cocaine price was going to skyrocket...glad they worked something out. Love Trump a real leader.

Hahaha Colombia folded they would be accepting migrants an the president will be sending his plane for migrants trump a true leader

He knows the USA is powerful and no countries would challenge him, I’m pretty sure Colombia president will change is mind in the coming hours.\nI wish we have a leader like Trump in my beautiful Africa , we would be soooo far ahead by now??.\nThe ones we had were either killed by the west or put in jail.

Trump is a complete psycho. And completely STUPID.\nThere’s nothing worse then an arrogant insecure ridiculously ignorant person…but it’s dangerous what it’s the leader of a country.

Trump is a real LEADER

Trumps the best I wish the UK had a leader with big balls like trump

God what a mess. I can see why Trumps putting Americans first- and it’s changing the game on immigration - so sad these people feel they need to leave their home country as they have no hope because their useless leaders are corrupt and dangerous - the UN and all these other big organisations have failed dismally and only serve the well paid bureaucrats who prop them up…. Look at the faces of those desperate people- heartbreaking. But America shouldn’t have to be their only solution.

Trump stands for America. Canada needs leaders like him. But....

Trump's first act of injustice, moments after being sworn in ---- to people who, instead of entering illegally, are waiting patiently for legal entry. WHY? WHY THEM? Criminals and cartel leaders would not be waiting for legal entry. Trump is just UNJUST and CRUEL.

They brought this hardship on themselves not President Trump, it has never in human history been cruel to send people home. They have nothing to offer America, those corporations who have a voracious appetite for cheap labor have fueled this migration by lobbyist working with Dems and Republicans to replace American workers with cheap unskilled labor from around the world while putting the.cost of feeding, sheltering, educating and medical treatment for this cheap labor on us the ones who have been put out of work by the cheap labor imported by elected leaders.

Trump is doing the right thing. All other leaders should learn from him.

All that nonsense she said a month ago has respectfully changed now. ???\n\nBREAKING: After initially saying NO to receiving deported illegals, the President of Mexico just suddenly announced that she will allow President Trump to use Mexico as a deportation hub, even for non-Mexican migrants.\n\n“We will receive them here. We are going to receive them properly, and we have a plan.”\n\nIt wouldn't surprise me if all the talk of President Trump using the military to crush the drug cartels has caused her to change her mind. After all, the cartels are the ones who really run Mexico.\n\nThe closer we get to inauguration day, the more folding we'll see from leaders worldwide.

Glad Trump has exposed Canada’s lax and sloppy security and NATO and Military but I pray all will get fixed and two countries work more together but LEADERS make a big difference. Thanks Homan and Trump

The difference between Trudeau and Trump is like the difference between the a leader of a country working for the country and a leader of a country believing that the country is working for him.

trump your so arrogant ...user leader...god is watching you...your not helping people...TRAITOR.

Are you kidding me. Are you not in Canada right now. Canada is now the most poor country in the World. Immigration has gone to the roof. No housing. Rents and forget about buying a house in BC, AB, Quebec, Ontario. High unemployment, Inflation is high and going up more. We also do not have a military defense system and the U.S. is tired of Canada not spending money to meet their responsibility as a Nato country. Many Canadians are leaving the country permanent. Investors and businesses are pulling out. Canada is trillions in debt but keep printing more money (toilet paper). Canada has gone downhill significantly over the past ten years. Born Canadians and legit immigrants having to go through a rigorous immigration process are very unhappy and cause conflict. Besides all the different ethnicities cause unrest and are ungrateful, daring the burn the Canadian flag, uttering death to Canada, death the US and Israel. These trouble makers have not intentions to assimilate into Canada's culture and are disrespectful to the Canadian government and it's citizens. Our youth are very unhappy and do not see a future for themselves yet have to work very hard and pay unbelievable high taxes. The minimum wages are only 15 bucks an hour which cannot sustain life here in this country. Please stop making false promises to foreigners to come here and be disappointed. This is not a country of milk and honey any longer but poor and enormous homelessness. Hunger, terrible health care, incredible post secondary tuitions and books. Now that president Trump has won the election he is going to place tariffs on Canadian goods and rightfully so. Russia is very interested in the Antarctica and should they or anyone invade Canada we got 3 days of ammunition. The food in AB is very bad for your health. Everything has pesticides, hormones, and by the time fruit and vegies arrive here from the US all the nutrition have gone. A extremely high cancer rate, young and old, diabetes, depression and other mental disorders are rampant. Our children and grandchildren do not have a future so why bother going to school or work. Our kids live on the streets, shelters, camping in the woods and using fentanyl and meth all kinds of dangerous drugs. The cities and small towns are full of used needles, pipes, and more paraphelia just thrown on the trails everywhere. The US will not assist Canada when a possible War 3 will occur, and we the people of Canada and the land are easy prey. If you do not believe me, just come visit RED Deer shelters and walk around on the trails, go to Vancouver but becareful because random assaults are happening every day, people living in tents, using the streets as toilets, drugs galore, even the police is unable to act nor arrest criminal activities caused by desperate people who need to survive. Canada's economy is about to collapse and fall into a recession. We have too many people coming in our country without checking their back ground and many criminals and terrorist groups are entering declaring refugee status whether it is true or not, we do not know. The people of Canada who work and pay highest taxes are used to house these newcomers and education, jobs, food and money. Our government take better care of these illegal people than their own people especially our youth. So please let us not pretend Canada is a land of opportunity and great. We have to vote for the right leader who will have a very difficult time and challenges to overcome if at all possible and make Canada Great Again!

Trump now. We have a real leader January 20.2025.?

Trump is not the leader of the USA he’s just another puppet…do you really think big corporations like Walmart,McDonalds are going to allow him to fuck up their money.

Go Trump ....Mexico leader you have A tiger by the tail good luck

Trump has these leaders by the balls

Oh, Oh, while US women love the rapist, women leaders from other countries, not so much, trump 1.0 caught the other world leaders by surprise, trump 2.0, they are ready for, they are going to take turns cutting trump off at the knees, stay frosty, because trump is about to find out, on an international level.

Mr Trump is going to bring you Americans to your knees,you have know one to blame but yourselves.And now the cases against him are now dropped,can you wonder why the rest of the is laughing at you.Get rid of your so called leader ASAP please.

Mexico has done something extraordinary. By electing President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, she will mirror the vast difference between American Leadership & Mexican Leadership, Intelligence & arrogance. compassion & belligerence, knowledge & disinformation, will be easy to recognize between the two countries. There is a huge contrast between Trump & Sheinbaum & as interaction takes place between these two Leaders, Americans & Mexicans will see clear and blaring differences for Americans & Mexicans & the world to observe. This contract is going to prove to be of great importance for everyone.

CNN is a traitor to our country. These idiots are literally cheering for a foreign leader over our president elect. You are disgusting. Trump is going to bring all the world leaders and CNN TO THEIR KNEES!

Trump signed USMCA. Who’s not in the original USMCA agreement is China. I think he mentioned Mexico because it puts a spotlight on the New Mexico President, and it takes some of the Tariff politics down a notch with China by compiling the different Countries together. He just mentioned today that he and the Mexico leader had a great conversation today.

Scheinbaum needs to learn to stand strong against Trump's lies about her, as all world leaders must.

Mexico is aiding and abetting this invasion by issuing temporary travel visas to migrants to cross through their country to the US border. If they overstay the temporary visa, they are deported from Mexico. What Trump should do is tell the Mexican leader to take back these 20 million that they let in, and after they do this, the 25% tariff will be lifted. Then once they take the 20 million back into Mexico, we should drop the 25% tariff and up the tariff to 50% to recoup the money we wasted on the illegals. They play dirty with us, so skrew em.

Trump isn’t very Intelligent and acts like a Mobster. He doesn’t have any Critical Thinking Skills as he runs like a Wild Bull on the Plaines. Believing he’ll get kick backs on one or all of these so called Tariffs. It’s no different than what he did his first administration with many donations (kickbacks) from World Leaders! All of which weren’t reported and only recently documented. What’s happening in this new coming Administration will look like the biggest HEIST IN AMERICAN HISTORY, with the replacement of every government employee with (YES) Employees. Trump’s in debt for 2 Billion after the Election; so he’ll have to get his money back through every course possible! Which will lead to every American being put in the Poor House during his time in Office. People will have to remember his comments demeaning every American as losers as he Raises Taxes and Product Inflation go through the roof, while the wealthiest live TaX Free again within his Second Administration! “Sometimes in Life, you can’t see the Forest for the Trees.” It’s harder to see the TRUTH, by the amount of the LIES!???