President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will slash aid to Colombia, accusing its leader in a social media brawl of "strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs."

The big picture: Colombia has historically been a close partner to the U.S. in Latin America, but relations have been strained under the administration of President Gustavo Petro, a leftist ally to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. • Those tensions have escalated during the Trump administration's campaign of deadly strikes in the Caribbean, in which Petro has claimed Colombian citizens were killed. • Critics have raised legal concerns over the strikes, while the administration has released very little information identifying who has been killed beyond saying they are "narco-terrorists."

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