Pompeo calls Duque to soothe Colombia's president after Trump's dump?

[Judi Lynn]

Last edited Wed Apr 3, 2019, 02:49 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: Colombia Reports




by Jack Norman April 3, 2019

The United States’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a phone call with President Ivan Duque Monday in what could be an effort to smooth over US-Colombian relations after a surprise attack on Duque by US President Donald Trump.

“The Secretary and President Duque discussed the importance of continuing joint actions to reduce coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia, including increasing eradication and operations against drug trafficking networks,” Robert Palladino, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said in a press release on Tuesday.

Last week, Trump — in an apparently off-the-cuff remark — said, without naming Duque: “He has done nothing for us.”

“More drugs are coming out of Colombia right now than before he was president,” according to the US President.


Read more: https://colombiareports.com/pompeo-calls-duque-soothing-colombias-president-after-trumps-dump/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Seems like Trump does this a lot.

He attacks cuz he thinks he is King and expressing his anger will elicit some kind of submission to his greatness. Can't disappoint daddy.

Then he will kiss your @## as long as you feed his ego.

[keithbvadu2]

2. A second tier bureaucrat has to apologize for Trump.

[red dog 1]

4. Trump doesn't ever think before he speaks, does he?

K&R