President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro traded angry threats Wednesday as the United States announced strikes on two alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean that left five people dead.

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.”

The US president also said vital military aid to Bogota had been cut and warned Petro — a sharp critic of the strikes — to “watch it,” while Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Colombian leader a “lunatic.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meanwhile announced two strikes on boats in the Pacific — one on Wednesday and another the day before — in social media posts showing the vesse

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