Petro on X sought to cast Trump’s tariff threat as an affront to his country’s freedom. “You don’t like our freedom—fine. I do not shake hands with white slaveholders,” Petro said, adding later: “You will never dominate us.”
Shortly after that, President Gustavo Petro had to change his mind. The threat of high tariffs was tangible and it could have spelled economic disaster on Colombia. Coffee would have become unsellable to the US. He had to retreat and allow the flights in his country.
In the opinion of many, it is good to have a strong POTUS, once in a while. America must become great again, great as Paramhansa Yogananda extolled it.
