Trump calls Colombian president ‘a drug leader’, vows end to payments

80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called Colombian President Gustavo Petro an “illegal drug leader” and said the United States would cease “large scale payments and subsidies” to the South American nation.

“The purpose of this drug production is the sale of massive amounts of product into the United States, causing death, destruction, and havoc,” he said in a Truth Social post.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren)