{"id":7520,"date":"2026-01-05T03:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2026-01-05T03:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:22:47","slug":"trump-threatens-colombias-petro-says-cuba-looks-like-its-ready-to-fall-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7520","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens Colombia\u2019s Petro, says Cuba \u2018looks like it\u2019s ready to fall\u2019 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"post-label__text\">DEVELOPING STORY<\/strong><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>US president says a military operation focused on Colombia\u2019s government \u2018sounds good\u2019 to him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aa8d02ac5a6f47ffb652a508e4fbcad9_6.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has threatened his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, in the wake of Washington\u2019s abduction of Venezuela\u2019s leader, and said he believed the government in Cuba, too, was likely to fall soon.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comments late on Sunday while speaking to reporters on board Air Force One.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cVenezuela is very sick. Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States. And he\u2019s not going to be doing it very long. Let me tell you,\u201d the US president said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he meant an operation by the US on Colombia, Trump said, \u201cSounds good to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that a US military intervention in Cuba is unlikely because the country appears to be ready to fall on its own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it\u2019s ready to fall. I don\u2019t know how they, if they, can hold that, but Cuba now has no income. They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not getting any of it. Cuba literally is ready to fall. And you have a lot of great Cuban Americans that are going to be very happy about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments come a day after US forces abducted and detained Maduro and his wife in a surprise attack on Caracas. The Venezuelan leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, are due to appear in court on drug-related charges in New York later on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump also insisted that the US was \u201cin charge\u201d of Venezuela, even though the country\u2019s Supreme Court has appointed Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as interim leader.<\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated a threat to send the US military back to Venezuela if it \u201cdoesn\u2019t behave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made no secret of his ambitions to expand the US presence in the Western Hemisphere and revive the 19th century Monroe Doctrine, which states that Latin America falls under the US sphere of influence.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has called his 21st century version the \u201cDon-roe Doctrine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has also previously threatened both Colombia and Cuba. Over the weekend, he said that Petro has to \u201cwatch his a**\u201d and that the political situation in Cuba was \u201csomething we\u2019ll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president says a military operation focused on Colombia\u2019s government \u2018sounds good\u2019 to him. 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