Petro’s Attacks on Trump Mask Colombia’s Growing Vulnerability to U.S. Pressure

In the latest episode of a bitter verbal exchange between two leaders, Colombian President Gustavo Petro labeled former U.S. President Donald Trump’s mind as "senile" after Trump branded Petro a "drug trafficking outlaw." But beneath this provocative rhetoric lies an urgent question that often goes unasked: Who really benefits when national leaders trade insults, and who pays the price? Are We Witnessing Political Posturing or a Threat to National Sovereignty? Petro's sharp rebuke frames Trump as mentally unfit, while Trump calls Colombia "very sick," accusing Petro of manufacturing and exporting cocaine to the United States. More alarmingly, Trump hinted that...