US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Colombia's President Gustavo Petro. Trump suggested military action against Colombia was a possibility. This follows a US military operation targeting Venezuela's President.

President Trump issued a not-so-thinly-veiled threat to Colombia's Gustavo Petro that he will be the next Latin American leader ousted by the U.S. Military.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro hits back at Donald Trump’s accusations as the US announces interim control over Venezuela following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, triggering global condemnation and calls for dialogue.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro of trafficking illegal narcotics and threatened military action against him, not two full days after the U.S. captured Venzuela’s president Nicolás Maduro in an nightime incursion between Friday and the small hours of Saturday.

United States President Donald Trump has threatened his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, in the wake of Washington’s abduction of Venezuela’s leader, and said he believed the government in Cuba, too, was likely to fall soon. Trump made the comments late on Sunday while speaking to reporters on board Air Force One.

Petro conflict has reached a critical point following a direct warning from the US leader to his Colombian counterpart

The president appears to have developed an appetite for forcing regime change by military means, despite coveting the Nobel Peace Prize.