With the snap of a finger, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said they will need to “get rid of Trump” if the U.S. President doesn’t get rid of himself. In that snap, he made certain his words were not confused for some call for minor political action. Without directly saying the words, Petro insinuated that President Trump needs to be assassinated.
In a tense sit-down that left even the interviewer rattled, Petro declared his growing disdain for President Trump. Univision’s Daniel Coronell was at the presidential palace in Bogotá when Petro made the inflammatory remarks that are now sending shockwaves across borders. His intention was clear. The threat is real.
The relationship between Washington and Bogotá that’s been crumbling faster than a sandcastle at high tide. Petro hates President Trump and if President Trump gave a mild thought to the leftist dictator, the feeling would likely be mutual.
Tensions kicked into high gear last month when U.S. forces took out the first of many boats in the Caribbean Sea that were hauling drugs bound for American shores. One in particular happened to be from Colombia with others coming from Venezuela.
Petro fired back, calling the operation a straight-up murder of a Colombian citizen—a guy he described as a simple fisherman named Alejandro Andrés Carranza. But dig a little deeper, and Carranza’s story gets murky: reports tie him to a 2015 heist where hundreds of weapons vanished from a police station in Santa Marta. He copped to charges like conspiracy and theft back then, painting a picture far from the innocent angler Petro portrays.
The “fisherman” was a bad hombre.
The irony is that our President could have this weasel eliminated at the snap of his fingers. Maybe he will?