{"id":397907,"date":"2026-01-09T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397907\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:56:08","slug":"trump-says-colombias-petro-to-visit-us-in-abrupt-switch-from-threats-to-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397907\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Colombia\u2019s Petro to visit US, in abrupt switch from threats to diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a leftist his administration has long belittled, will visit the White House next month as he voiced optimism for ties.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump just days ago had threatened Petro in the wake of the US attack that removed Venezuela\u2019s leader, but Trump appeared to have a change of heart after the two spoke by telephone on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI look forward to having a meeting with Gustavo Petro, the President of Colombia, in the White House, during the first week of February,\u201d Trump wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI am sure it will work out very well for Colombia, and the USA, but, cocaine and other drugs must be STOPPED from coming into the United States,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Petro, the close US ally\u2019s first left-wing president, was slapped with US sanctions in October over allegations of not cooperating with Washington against drugs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend a rally in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2c5f1986-c234-4761-912f-e72a6e63a057_f8de9ed4.jpg\" title=\"Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend a rally in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend a rally in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Petro, who leaves office this year and cannot seek re-election, has been among the most vocal leaders in criticising Trump, who has responded ferociously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a leftist his administration has long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,941,22051,27459,192239,12,108734,3140,2560,643,3,18231,25008,4870,21,19,22,20,25,24,18232],"class_list":{"0":"post-397907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brazil","10":"tag-cocaine","11":"tag-colombia","12":"tag-colombians","13":"tag-donald-trump","14":"tag-gustavo-petro","15":"tag-latin-america","16":"tag-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva","17":"tag-marco-rubio","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-nicolas-maduro","20":"tag-the-white-house","21":"tag-united-nations","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-venezuela"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}