Threatened With Attack, Colombian President Invites Trump To Destroy Cocaine Lab

Two Colombian women returned from participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla fleet met by their President, Gustavo Petro (center), in early October 2025. (IG @gustavopetrourego)

JAKARTA - Colombian President Gustavo Petro invited US President Donald Trump to visit his country. Petro also invited Trump to participate in the destruction of a cocaine laboratory in Colombia.

Petro's invitation came after Trump issued a warning at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday this week. At that moment, Trump highlighted Colombia for producing cocaine and selling it to the US.

"I heard Colombia, Colombia, produce cocaine. They have a cocaine factory, okay, then they sell their cocaine to us," Trump said, quoted by Al Jazeera, Wednesday, November 3.

"Whoever did that and sold it to our country is vulnerable to being attacked," he continued.

Petro rushed to respond to Trump's threats on his social media accounts. He then invited Trump to come to Colombia to attend the direct destruction of the cocaine laboratory in his country.

"Come to Colombia, Mr. Trump," said Petro.

"Follow me, and I will show how they were destroyed, one laboratory every 40 minutes," Petro said. "To prevent cocaine from reaching the US," he continued.

According to the US Narcotics Enforcement Agency, Colombia is the main source of cocaine entering the US. The agency noted that 84 percent of the drugs seized in the US in 2024 came from Colombia.

On the one hand, the Trump Administration has deployed massive military forces to Latin America on the pretext of stemming the flow of drugs to the US from Venezuela. The US military has also carried out missile attacks on ships in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which killed at least 83 people.