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Trump threatens military operation against Colombia, after Venezuela raid

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Jan 5, 2026 — 1 min read

US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia’s government, telling reporters that such an operation “sounds good to ‌me.”

“Colombia is ‌very sick, ‌too, ⁠run by ‌a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to be ⁠doing it very long,” ‌Trump told reporters ‍aboard Air Force ‍One, in an ‍apparent reference to Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro.

Asked directly whether the US would pursue a military operation against the country, Trump answered, “It sounds ⁠good to me.”

The comments came after the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious raid and whisked him to New York to face drug-trafficking charges.

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