Francesca Chambers

He had said that Gustavo Petro, the country's president, was a sick man, and he said it was a sick country.

Now, Petro notably...

is due to leave office this summer.

He is constitutionally barred from seeking another consecutive term.

And so Colombia is seen for many reasons as a country where Trump might actually be less likely to take action.

I mean, namely because they're a key partner of the United States militarily.

There's deep economic ties between the United States and Colombia, and no one's questioning Petro's election.

Whereas in Colombia,

Venezuela, the United States has argued that he was an illegitimate leader because his last election is one that is widely disputed.

That's not the same case in Colombia.

And besides the fact, people close to the administration say that the fact that Petro is going to be leaving office soon means that there will be change coming either way.

The president, by the way, did soften his tone when it came to Colombia after speaking about

to President Petro on the phone.

He says the Colombian leader gave him a call and that now he's going to be having him over to the White House.

Sure.

So Mexico is another country that the president has said repeatedly he could take land strikes against the cartels specifically.

Now, Claudia Scheinbaum, the country's president, has said she doesn't actually think that Trump's looking at an invasion and she doesn't think that he is serious about that.

But notably, after she even said that, he did raise the idea again.

of taking strikes specifically against the cartels.

Some of the experts that I've spoken to have said that they would hope if that's what he's going to do, that he would do that working hand in hand with the Mexican government rather than doing it independently.