Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused U.S. President Donald Trump of suffering from “senile dementia,” responding to Trump’s claims that Petro is complicit in drug trafficking networks.
In an unprecedented escalation in political rhetoric between Bogotá and Washington, Petro wrote in a post on X that labeling him a criminal involved in drug trafficking shows nothing but “a state of senile dementia,” adding that the accusations are baseless.
Petro also criticized Trump’s supporters, saying they should realize they backed “greedy individuals who placed themselves above the law.”
The remarks come amid rising tensions between Colombia and the United States, fueled by repeated U.S. criticism of Colombia’s anti-drug policies. Petro argues that Washington uses the drug issue as a political pressure tool while ignoring the deeper economic and structural causes behind drug trafficking in the region.
