Colombia’s president claims Trump will ‘wipe out humanity’ amid tariff and migrant row

Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro has claimed US president Donald Trump is set to “wipe out the human species because of greed” amid a row between the countries over tariffs.

The two world leaders ended up in a very public spat after Trump ordered 25 per cent tariffs on all Colombian goods in response to Petro barring two US military deportation flights from landing in the country on Sunday (26 January), BBC reported.

Petro initially responded to the deportation flights by saying Colombia would accept repatriated citizens on “civilian planes, without treating them like criminals”. 

After Trump retaliated by proposing tariffs on the country, Colombia agreed to accept deported migrants, and the US dropped the tariff proposals. 

US President Donald Trump. (Getty)

According to the White House, Colombia has now agreed

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