Colombia blocks deportation flights, Trump responds with tariffs

[Anonymous]

A recap of today's crisis:

- Colombia: Deportations are fine, but don't use military planes.
- Trump: F*** YOU. 50% tariffs, visa bans, and sanctions.
- Colombia: If you're going to be that way, screw you too, 50% tariffs back at you, we're breaking up, and we'll see other people *coughChinacough*.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UPDATE 2: Petro is indeed not backing down. Colombia will impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from the US.

He also directs Colombia's foreign trade minister to explore other countries to export to, and promises to support local exporters hurt by US tariffs.

The trade wars have begun.

So what?

Colombia exports about 27% of its goods to the US. The US exports about 1% of its goods to Colombia.

Tariff away.

You really aren’t afraid of isolationism? PP is right that China is going to pick up the rope.

People go on to Amazon and go to Safeway and have NO IDEA how international trade, diplomacy, and economics work. They think America can just exist as an island unto itself and the rest of the world is beholden to us just because. It's mind boggling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lgohf7nbic2v

After announcing 25% tariffs on US imports, Petro says "We have never refused to take migrants and we have made efforts to stop migration. ... But do not demand that I accept deportees from the US handcuffed and arriving on military flights. We are not anyone's colony."

The easy offramps seem gone.

But all the maga told us they gave in. Was that a lie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UPDATE 2: Petro is indeed not backing down. Colombia will impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from the US.

He also directs Colombia's foreign trade minister to explore other countries to export to, and promises to support local exporters hurt by US tariffs.

The trade wars have begun.

So what?

Colombia exports about 27% of its goods to the US. The US exports about 1% of its goods to Colombia.

Tariff away.

So it hurts us a lot more

um no

[Anonymous]

Every country on the planet is going to be watching to see how this trade war goes down. If everything works out for Colombia, there will be many countries following their lead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A recap of today's crisis:

- Colombia: Deportations are fine, but don't use military planes.
- Trump: F*** YOU. 50% tariffs, visa bans, and sanctions.
- Colombia: If you're going to be that way, screw you too, 50% tariffs back at you, we're breaking up, and we'll see other people *coughChinacough*.

No lie.

[Anonymous]

Colombian President Gustavo Petro offered his presidential plane to repatriate migrants coming back from the U.S. on Sunday in response to stern warnings made by President Donald Trump.

The move came after Trump hit the South American country with retaliatory measures in response to Petro's refusal to accept deportation flights. A former member of the M-19, which was a Marxist guerrilla terrorist group that killed hundreds, Petro caved in to Trump's demands with remarkable speed.

In a statement translated from Spanish, the Colombian government said the plane will help facilitate a "dignified return."


"The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, coming from deportation flights," the translated statement read.

Of course democrats will be super mad Trump was successful…they actively root against Trump because he isn’t a democrat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The signaling here is very positive. Don't come. Or you are going home.

Wrong. Come the LEGAL way. You love to leave out that part every time for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, caved and sending their own presidential plane to deport illegals.

This is what leadership looks like.

+1 can’t believe that Columbia had more decency than the US right now. Truly sobering (and terrifying)

That's pretty racist

Based on their president? Versus ours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The signaling here is very positive. Don't come. Or you are going home.

Wrong. Come the LEGAL way. You love to leave out that part every time for some reason.

They don't want legal immigrants. Otherwise, they would be appalled at Trump stopping the flights of people overseas who worked for YEARS to get here legally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colombian President Gustavo Petro offered his presidential plane to repatriate migrants coming back from the U.S. on Sunday in response to stern warnings made by President Donald Trump.

The move came after Trump hit the South American country with retaliatory measures in response to Petro's refusal to accept deportation flights. A former member of the M-19, which was a Marxist guerrilla terrorist group that killed hundreds, Petro caved in to Trump's demands with remarkable speed.

In a statement translated from Spanish, the Colombian government said the plane will help facilitate a "dignified return."


"The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, coming from deportation flights," the translated statement read.

Of course democrats will be super mad Trump was successful…they actively root against Trump because he isn’t a democrat.

You guys are so pathetic in your sycophancy.

He didn’t cave, he stood up to Trump

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colombian President Gustavo Petro offered his presidential plane to repatriate migrants coming back from the U.S. on Sunday in response to stern warnings made by President Donald Trump.

The move came after Trump hit the South American country with retaliatory measures in response to Petro's refusal to accept deportation flights. A former member of the M-19, which was a Marxist guerrilla terrorist group that killed hundreds, Petro caved in to Trump's demands with remarkable speed.

In a statement translated from Spanish, the Colombian government said the plane will help facilitate a "dignified return."


"The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, coming from deportation flights," the translated statement read.

Of course democrats will be super mad Trump was successful…they actively root against Trump because he isn’t a democrat.

Exactly how it’s done. Good job President Trump!

(And that meme he posted to fb….Bwhahahahaha! FAFO is right!

[Anonymous]

You can always tell when MAGA knows they lost. They always get super defensive and resort to lame attempts at humor. They know they lost, but they bought it all and can’t back out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colombian President Gustavo Petro offered his presidential plane to repatriate migrants coming back from the U.S. on Sunday in response to stern warnings made by President Donald Trump.

The move came after Trump hit the South American country with retaliatory measures in response to Petro's refusal to accept deportation flights. A former member of the M-19, which was a Marxist guerrilla terrorist group that killed hundreds, Petro caved in to Trump's demands with remarkable speed.

In a statement translated from Spanish, the Colombian government said the plane will help facilitate a "dignified return."


"The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, coming from deportation flights," the translated statement read.

Of course democrats will be super mad Trump was successful…they actively root against Trump because he isn’t a democrat.

You guys are so pathetic in your sycophancy.

He didn’t cave, he stood up to Trump

Yep. They're spinning more than a college student 4 shots into SoCo..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UPDATE 2: Petro is indeed not backing down. Colombia will impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from the US.

He also directs Colombia's foreign trade minister to explore other countries to export to, and promises to support local exporters hurt by US tariffs.

The trade wars have begun.

So what?

Colombia exports about 27% of its goods to the US. The US exports about 1% of its goods to Colombia.

Tariff away.

You really aren’t afraid of isolationism? PP is right that China is going to pick up the rope.

People go on to Amazon and go to Safeway and have NO IDEA how international trade, diplomacy, and economics work. They think America can just exist as an island unto itself and the rest of the world is beholden to us just because. It's mind boggling.

Actually, with respect to the US relative to almost all other countries, trade is a tiny part of the economy. We are very insulated from trade disruptions in the US, despite being one of the original pushers of the current globalized system.