President Donald Trump once again proved his ability to effectively negotiate on the world stage after Colombian President Gustavo Petro initially refused to accept flights from the U.S. containing Colombian nationals in the country illegally.
Trump responded by laying out possible repercussions, including tariffs and sanctions on Colombia.
Naturally, the mainstream media attempted to cast Trump as the villain, but Colombian-born U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) sought to set the record straight.
As Breitbart reported:
“If you watch CNN or mainstream media, you think President Trump was somehow degrading and disrespecting Latin Americans, specifically Colombia. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Look, we got to remember how this all started. Colombia, especially the current administration in Colombia, has allowed millions of migrants to cross through their country — across the Darien Gap — and then to be trafficked up into our border,” Moreno explained.
“These are criminals, people from mental asylums — this is not the best and brightest of South America that have come into this country, that Joe Biden allowed them to come in. They then committed crimes. What we’ve done thanks to Tom Homan, and soon to be Kristi Noem, with President Trump’s direction is round them up. Round up these criminals, put them on airplanes, ship them back,” Moreno said.
“We’ve had a great relationship with Colombia for decades — the current administration notwithstanding,” he continued. “So, what we do is we notify the country, ‘Hey, we’ve got these two military aircraft coming in. They have illegal migrant criminals on board. We’re going to land at such and such a time.’… So, permission was granted by the government. This is the one fact you will not hear the mainstream media report. The Colombian government had given those planes permission to land.”
“And, literally in the middle of the night, the president of Colombia decided he was going to retract that permission because he didn’t like that the criminal aliens were in shackles. How else would you transport criminals, by the way? You wouldn’t put them on first class and feed them a nice meal because you could have a rebellion on the plane,” Moreno added.
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The second Trump administration has already had several immigration and foreign policy wins, including this one, in just its first week:
🚨 LMAO! After President Trump threatened Colombia and they instantly folded, Trump posted this
FAFO
What a LEGEND 🤣 pic.twitter.com/W05pWnyvc1
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 26, 2025
President Trump is now conducting daybreak immigration raids in Los Angeles.
LA is a sanctuary city full of countless illegals and many leftists who said they’d protect them.
Border Czar Tom Homan has a message for these activists, “Don’t get in our way!”
God bless Hero Homan! pic.twitter.com/YINKhHOAhd
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 26, 2025
HUGE!!! The DOJ is directing ALL 93 U.S. Attorney offices across the country to PROSECUTE any state or local actor who interferes in federal law enforcement regarding immigration & ALL of Trump’s directives! WOW!!🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Udjqxmfu4N
— Michelle #AmericaFirst (@MichelleRM68) January 22, 2025
Fox News covered the dramatic and rapid resolution of the Trump-Petro rift:
The White House confirmed on Sunday that Colombia’s president had caved “to all of President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay,”
“Based on this agreement, the fully drafted IEEPA tariffs and sanctions will be held in reserve, and not signed, unless Colombia fails to honor this agreement,” the statement said. “The visa sanctions issued by the State Department, and enhanced inspections from Customs and Border Protection, will remain in effect until the first planeload of Colombian deportees is successfully returned.”
“Today’s events make clear to the world that America is respected again,” the statement added. “President Trump will continue to fiercely protect our nation’s sovereignty, and he expects all other nations of the world to fully cooperate in accepting the deportation of their citizens illegally present in the United States.”
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And in case anyone needs a reminder, here’s a recap of where things stood in the U.S. during Joe Biden’s four years in the White House:
ATTN: Selena Gomez and anyone else who is crying about Trump’s immigration policies one week into his Presidency.
Wait until you hear about what happened the past four years. pic.twitter.com/3VhMJBtuJu
— MAZE (@mazemoore) January 28, 2025
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