Colombia stopped resisting President Donald Trump’s deportation of its unwanted nationals. But America First bullying may yet provoke a backlash. The row casts a pall over the first trip abroad by Marco Rubio,
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,
Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being returned on military planes, after a flurry of threats from President Donald Trump that included 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.
Colombia welcomed its first flights of deported illegal immigrants with its president heralding their return and insisting they are not criminals.
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.
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The episode suggests President Donald Trump is willing to threaten other countries with tariffs and sanctions if his deportation plans are obstructed.
Donald Trump's self-imposed deadline for a first round of tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China looms in less than two days as economic observers and world leaders try to plan amid the uncertainty.
Trump launched the military deportation flights last week as part of his national emergency declaration on immigration, so far sending six planeloads of migrants on flights to Latin America.
Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.