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Joinfortmill

(20,566 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 09:34 AM Jan 2025

'Trump began a trade war with Colombia...'

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-27-2025

'Yesterday, President Donald Trump began a trade war with Colombia after that country’s president refused to permit two U.S. military airplanes full of deportees to land in Colombia. As Regina Garcia Cano and Astrid Suárez of the Associated Press pointed out, Colombia and the U.S. had an existing agreement for deportations under former president Joe Biden, and it accepted 475 deportation flights from 2020 to 2024, accepting 124 flights in 2024 alone. But the Biden administration used commercial and charter flights, while as national security analyst Juliette Kayyem noted, Trump used a military plane that arrived unannounced.'

My words: Excellent article, people. Take the time to read it. As usual, Trump the Bully, made a mess of things.

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'Trump began a trade war with Colombia...' (Original Post) Joinfortmill Jan 2025 OP
Trump already lost that battle. Columbia objected to the people being treated inhumanely, specifically Wiz Imp Jan 2025 #1
Yup Joinfortmill Jan 2025 #2

Wiz Imp

(9,433 posts)
1. Trump already lost that battle. Columbia objected to the people being treated inhumanely, specifically
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 11:05 AM
Jan 2025

by being placed in shackles. Trump backed down and agreed to no more shackles. Win for Columbia.

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