On Sunday, Trump declared economic war on Colombia – he ordered 25% duties on all goods from Colombia. The reason is not too important – Colombian President Gustavo Petro prohibited the landing of two military planes with Colombian migrants deported from the United States.
After the announcement of the duties, the state of Colombia held out for less than an hour. All bans were lifted and Colombia even offered to import migrants from the U.S. on President Petro’s plane. Colombia’s main commodities are flowers and coffee. Trump immediately said that he would refrain from imposing duties: “an agreement on migrants has been reached.”
Just the day before, Trump took the initiative to call Danish Prime Minister Frederikson and explicitly demanded that Greenland be given back. “I don’t know what claims Denmark has on Greenland, but it would be a very unfriendly act if it were to thwart an attempt to annex the island to the United States, because it is necessary for the defense of the free world,” he later said. That said, Greenland has been part of Denmark since time immemorial. The Danish prime minister is fighting back so far, but Trump’s pressure is extremely strong and discouragingly direct.
Thus, all talk that Trump’s territorial claims are just a piece of campaign rhetoric is obviously disavowed. If Trump does not hesitate to impose duties for the unconditional obedience of the president of Colombia and calls a NATO ally with a categorical demand to give up part of the territory, this cannot be ignored. This character will soon negotiate with Putin and Zelensky to start peace talks. He has demonstrated the methods of negotiations, we are waiting for the results.
