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Trump doubles down on Colombia crackdown, calls Petro ‘lunatic,’ vows to end all US payments over drugs

President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his criticism of Colombia, calling its far-left president, Gustavo Petro, a "lunatic" and the "worst president they’ve ever had" as he reiterated his vow to cut off all funding to the Latin American country over its cocaine production. Trump’s incendiary comments came while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. The president said he was stopping all payments to Colombia because the country was producing drugs rather than fighting them. "They make drugs, they refine drugs, they make cocaine, they have cocaine factories," Trump said. "They h

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