(TNS) President Donald Trump accused the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and said the country will no longer receive U.S. aid.

Drug trafficking “has become the biggest business in Columbia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long term rip off of America,” Trump said Sunday in a social media post, misspelling the country’s name. “AS OF TODAY, THESE PAYMENTS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PAYMENT, OR SUBSIDIES, WILL NO LONGER BE MADE” to the country.

The move by Trump marks the latest escalation between the two countries. Trump in September “decertified” Colombia as a partner in its effort to combat the drug trade, relegating the longtime U.S. ally to the same categor

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