{"id":138702,"date":"2025-10-19T17:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138702"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:34:18","slug":"trump-calls-colombias-petro-an-illegal-drug-dealer-says-he-will-slash-us-aidunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138702","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls Colombia\u2019s Petro an \u2018illegal drug dealer\u2019, says he will slash US aidUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would slash US funding to Colombia because the country\u2019s leader \u201cdoes nothing to stop\u201d drug production, in what is the latest sign of friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.<br \/>\nIn a social media post, Trump referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as \u201can illegal drug dealer\u201d who is \u201clow rated and very unpopular\u201d.<br \/>\nHe warned that Petro \u201cbetter close up\u201d drug operations \u201cor the United States will close them up for&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/americas\/article\/3329594\/trump-calls-colombias-petro-illegal-drug-dealer-and-says-he-will-slash-us-aid?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would slash US funding to Colombia because the country\u2019s leader \u201cdoes nothing to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}