Phil Stewart

The U.S.

has been a partner for many, many decades now in Colombia's war against drugs since I was based there in the very early 2000s.

And so the U.S.

counted Colombia as perhaps the strongest military ally in Latin America, period, full stop.

And so it's a little bit of a different thing there because it's their objection really is to the president.

Not so much even, you know, the broader situation.

Trump and the president just do not have not gotten along until the last hours, you know, basically.

So which is a remarkable turnaround.

And I realize it's difficult.

I don't know when you're airing this, but.

I did.

So I didn't I never I've never actually stepped foot on the island of Cuba, but I did talk to him when he was in Brazil and I used to be based in Brazil.

And and it was a long time ago.

It was during the Clinton administration.

And it was a really bizarre interview where he I asked him about the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

That was what was going on.

And he defended Bill Clinton.

And it was this stunning moment where he was like, you know, he's like telling me I got to respect Bill Clinton.

And anyway, it was this real surreal moment for me because I was a Latin American studies major in college and I had studied Fidel Castro.

And there he is in his camouflage and talking about Bill Clinton and telling me that I should respect him.