Trump’s Colombia Spat Is a Gift to China
A second Trump administration was sure to come down hard on whichever Latin American country first defied it—few in the region expected otherwise. But Colombia was perhaps the United States’ most steadfast friend in South America, and the speed with which a 100-year relationship seemed to crumble last night was frightening.
Or perhaps exhilarating, if you were a Chinese diplomat in Latin America observing the presidential spat.
First, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused to allow U.S.