Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro just swallowed his pride and called up President Trump to settle their differences.

I guess he saw what happens when you don’t play ball with President Trump and didn’t want to get Maduro’d.

Very smart move.

According to President Trump, his phone call with Petro went well and an in-person meeting at the White House is currently in the works.

Read President Trump’s statement on Truth Social here:

It was a Great Honor to speak with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had. I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to meeting him in the near future. Arrangements are being made between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Foreign Minister of Colombia. The meeting will take place in the White House in Washington, D.C.

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Colombia confirmed that the call took place and went well for both parties.

Per The Hill:

The Colombian government confirmed the call, which lasted 35 minutes and described it as “a good and positive call,” Meyer reported.

This is a huge shift from just a few days ago.

In the wake of Maduro’s capture, President Trump issued a warning to Colombia that they could be next as Petro condemned the U.S.’s military actions in Venezuela.

AP News has more on the rocky history between President Trump and Petro:

Trump now suddenly warming to Petro is especially surprising since Colombia’s president called the U.S. operation in Venezuela an “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty. He also suggested it was committed by “enslavers” and constituted a “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.

Colombia has long been among America’s staunchest Latin American allies, a pillar of Washington’s counternarcotics strategy abroad. For three decades, the U.S. has worked closely with Colombia, the world’s largest producer of cocaine, to arrest drug traffickers, fend off rebel groups and boost economic development in rural areas.

Still, before Trump’s conciliatory post, tensions had been rising between the U.S. and Colombia for months.

The Trump administration imposed sanctions in October on Petro, his family and a member of his government over accusations of involvement in the global drug trade. Colombia is considered the epicenter of the world’s cocaine trade.

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