may have a lot of flaws, but no one can deny his talent for making enemies. While the US President is currently cosying up to , he seems to be alienating leaders a bit closer to home - with President the latest to throw down the gauntlet.
Trump is on a roll, with his casual mentions of taking over territories that don’t belong to him leaving many world leaders horrified. , who stepped in as Justin Trudeau’s replacement after the latter stepped down last month, has made it clear that doesn’t want to become Meanwhile, Trump is in constant beef with the leaders of .
Now, in a hilarious press conference, Petro cheekily compared Trump to an infamous cartoon character, throwing shade at the as he said that he wouldn’t be heading to the States any time soon.
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Speaking with his cabinet at the Casa de Narino in the Colombian capital, Petro revealed that he’d no longer be attending the in New York, and was sending his Foreign Minister in his place instead.
Petro explained: “I can’t go because I think they took away my visa.” Laughing away the baffling political move, he added: “I didn’t need a visa, but oh well. I’ve already seen Donald Duck several times. I’m going to see other things.”
The feud might be thanks to Petro’s status as the first leftist president of in recent history. And, true to his word, he’s stayed firm against Trump - cent for cent.
As some world leaders start clapping back against Trump, he also seems to be facing a split with his best buddy . The Tesla founder heavily threw his support and money behind the Republican’s presidential campaign, but has now seen to £308million as people boycott the business thanks to his work as Trump’s co-head of DOGE - with Trump’s tariffs impacting sales even further.
With Trump’s move throwing the worldwide economy into turmoil, as they used to be, and Musk has retorted to throwing barbs online.
Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro - who’s seen as responsible for pushing the tariffs - went to Harvard University. Musk took issue with this on his own platform X, formerly known as , saying "A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing," and directly calling Navarro "dumber than a sack of bricks.”
Trump also has issue with the fact that many people thought Musk was more powerful than him, and recently after finding out that the entrepreneur planned to attend trade talks in . “What the f**k is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go,” he reportedly said due to concerns that Musk’s business interests would lead conversations in the wrong direction.
Musk, of course, is the richest man in the world, so the question remains how Trump will fare without him if more leaders from across the world take a leaf out of Petro's book and refuse to go along with his plans.
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