Colombia is "very sick," and its government is run by "a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States," US President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday. Asked about a military intervention in Colombia, he responded: "Sounds good to me!"

Gustavo Petro's response to Trump's threat was not long in coming. The Colombian president had already frequently fired back at attacks from Trump or Elon Musk on social media, and this time Petro also went all out on the platform X.

"Every soldier in Colombia now has an order...