Trump spoke again of crisis with the Petro government and assured about the deportees: “They will accept them back and will like it”

In a speech televised by the chain CNNthe president of the United States, Donald Trump, spoke again this Wednesday, January 29, about the diplomatic crisis he had with Gustavo Petro’s government Last weekend on behalf of the immigration policies of their administration, which were rejected by the Colombian president, and ended with threats of tariffs and sanctions for Colombia, which finally did not materialize.

While talking about the immigration issue, Trump told the situation lived with the country. “In fact, Colombia apologized profusely with us in less than an hour, based on something I said, that is, they were going to pay tariffs like nobody had ever paid before. But they really wanted to end there (in relation to President Petro and the situation), ”said the Republican leader in his speech.

“Basically, Congress met and were very angry with them, but they really said they were going to send the presidential plane to pick up these criminals and bring them because they did not want to cause us inconvenience or make us make a second flight. And that is what they did. And I appreciate it”Said Donald Trump about Gustavo Petro’s decision to send the aircraft to North American territory.

Trump also had words for the country, his people and the officials of the Petro government, to the cluals praised in his statements. While also referring to the situation that tension the relations between Colombia and the United States: Deported.

“And I appreciate that the people of Colombia are wonderful people. And the representatives really acted well. And I appreciate that they have retracted from that hard speech. But, you know, others may tell us hard words, but they will not mean anything … they will accept them back (to the deportees), and they will like them, ”said the American president in the midst of applause from Its officials and followers.

“That is the guiding axis. Eye, we not only defend our national interests, but always, always, we must defend our national interests and those of humanity. If the press believes that this is drunken, drug addiction, to think about it, because it has lived in a bubble for years, ”said Petro. “Because when I was a child they told me, they must simply be an Appendix of Propaganda of the White House, they should not be social communicators,” said the Colombian president.