Ammon News - Days after threatening Colombia with military action, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said arrangements were being made for the country's President Gustavo Petro to visit the White House, following a call between the two leaders.

Trump and Petro said they discussed relations between the two countries in their first call since the U.S. president on Sunday said that a U.S. military operation focused on Colombia's government "sounds good" to him. That threat followed Trump ordering the U.S. capture of the president of neighboring Venezuela, who was flown to the U.S. to face drug and weapons charges.

"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," Trump wrote on social media.

Trump added "arrangements are being made" for a meeting in Washington between himself and Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, but gave no specific date for a meeting.

"We have spoken by phone for the first time since he became president," Petro told supporters gathered at a rally in Bogota meant to celebrate Colombia's sovereignty, adding he had requested a restart of dialogue between the two countries.

Relations between Trump and Petro have been frosty since the Republican returned to the White House in January 2025.

Trump has repeatedly accused the administration of Petro, without evidence, of enabling a steady flow of cocaine into the U.S., imposing sanctions on the Colombian leader in October.

Reuters