Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro traded threats on Wednesday as the United States announced its first strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Pacific Ocean, killing two.

Trump branded Petro a "thug" and suggested he was a drug trafficker leading his country to ruin, prompting the leftist leader to vow: "I will defend myself legally with American lawyers."

Trump said vital military aid to Colombia had been cut and warned Petro to "watch it," hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a video of a boat engulfed in flames.

"There were two narco-terrorists aboard the vessel... Both terrorists were killed and no US forces were harmed," Hegseth wrote on X, adding: "Just as Al-Qaeda waged war on our homeland, these cartels are waging war on our border."

He vow

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