JUST IN: Colombian President Capitulates, Agrees To All Of Trump’s Demands

A preview of President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on foreign nations nearly took shape over the weekend, but in a high-stakes game of chicken, the president of Colombia blinked first.

Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo announced on Sunday that his government would back off its refusal to accept two military planeloads of illegal immigrations deported from the U.S., which the county’s president Gustavo Petro previously called an “undignified” form of transportation for his citizens.

“A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves,” Petro initially said. “That is why I returned the U.S. military planes that were carrying Colombian migrants… In civilian planes, without being treated like criminals, we will receive our fellow citizens.”

In response, President Trump went on a social media tirade, excoriating the South American leader and threatening to impose an immediate 25% tariff on all Colombian imports.

“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people,” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Sunday afternoon.

If both planeloads were not immediately accepted, Trump warned Colombia that it would see its 25% tariff increased to 50% within a week. Travel bans, visa revocations, and financial impositions would follow.

“These measures are just the beginning,” Trump added. “We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States.”

Petro initially responded in kind, threatening a 25% tariff on U.S. imports to his country. However, by Sunday evening, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced a breakthrough.

“Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay,” the Trump spokeswoman said in a statement, according to the AP.

Tariff orders will be “held in reserve, but not signed” until the planeloads of deportees are accepted, the statement went on. Murillo shared it on X.

“We have overcome the impasse with the United States government,” added the Colombian foreign minister. “We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions as citizens subject to rights.”

In addition, Murillo offered President Petro’s aircraft as a means of transporting illegal immigrant Colombians back to their country.

Despite Petro’s left-wing populism, his government has accepted 475 deportation flights from the U.S. between 2020 and 2024, fifth behind Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and El Salvador. During a recent 12-month period, 127,604 arrests of Colombian nations were made for illegal crossings into the U.S., ranking fourth behind Mexicans, Guatemalans, and Venezuelans.

“This is a clear message we are sending that countries have an obligation to accept repatriation flights,” a senior administration official told AP.