Colombia did an about-face at lightning-fast speed on accepting deportation flights in what President Donald Trump hailed as a victory for his "f--- around and find out" [FAFO] style of governing.
A deportation arrangement with Colombia that the White House presented as a total victory for Donald Trump looks less clear two days later.The migrants the US tried to deport by US military flights on Sunday started traveling home on Monday on a Colombian air force plane,
The episode suggests President Donald Trump is willing to threaten other countries with tariffs and sanctions if his deportation plans are obstructed.
Coffee prices hit a new high Monday, the day after President Donald Trump threatened – and then reversed course on – a 25% tariff on Colombia during a spat about deportation flights from the US. And the price is still rising.
The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S., hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs.
Trump had threated to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Colombia, which would rise to 50% in a week, unless it agreed to accept deported migrants.
President Donald Trump is holding off on imposing tariffs and sanctions on Colombia following an agreement on accepting deportation flights.
Colombia narrowly averted a damaging trade conflict with the United States by agreeing to accept deported migrants. This development followed a series of threats from President Donald Trump, including the imposition of steep tariffs,
The move followed a dispute between President Trump and President Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly turned into a costly trade war between both countries.
President Donald Trump backed off a threat of "emergency" tariffs on imports from Colombia after the South American country agreed to let two repatriation flights from the U.S. land there.
Colombia welcomed its first flights of deported illegal immigrants with its president heralding their return and insisting they are not criminals.