Trump threatens Colombia’s Petro, says Cuba ‘looks like it’s ready to fall’

DEVELOPING STORY, US president says a military operation focused on Colombia’s government ‘sounds good’ to him.Published On 5 Jan 2026United 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.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Denmark PM urges Trump to stop ‘threatening’ Greenlandlist 2 of 4Trump’s abduction of Maduro escalates concerns over potential war with Iranlist 3 of 4Cuba says 32 Cuban fighters killed in US raids on Venezuelalist 4 of 4N Korea’s Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites geopolitical crisisend of list“Venezuela is very sick. Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States. And he’s not going to be doing it very long. Let me tell you,” the US president said.When asked if he meant an operation by the US on Colombia, Trump said, “Sounds good to me.”He added that a US military intervention in Cuba is unlikely because the country appears to be ready to fall on its own.“Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall. I don’t know how they, if they, can hold that, but Cuba now has no income. They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil,” Trump said.“They’re not getting any of it. Cuba literally is ready to fall. And you have a lot of great Cuban Americans that are going to be very happy about this.”Trump’s comments come a day after US forces abducted and detained Maduro and his wife in a surprise attack on Caracas. The Venezuelan leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, are due to appear in court on drug-related charges in New York later on Monday.Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump also insisted that the US was “in charge” of Venezuela, even though the country’s Supreme Court has appointed Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as interim leader.