Trump calls Colombia president ‘illegal drug dealer’ as US says it hit another ship

Trump vows to cut US funding as Pete Hegseth says US hit Colombian rebel group vessel and three terrorists killed'

Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, of being an illegal drug dealer" and threatened to immediately cut US funding to the country, as a Republican senator said the US would soon announce major tariffs" on the country.

It comes after the US defense secretary confirmed in a social media post an attack on a vessel associated with a Colombian leftist rebel group. Pete Hegseth said three terrorists were killed" in the operation, which was conducted in international waters".