President Trump said on Wednesday that he had a call with Colombian President Gustavo Petro and he looks forward to meeting him in the “near future.” “It was a Great Honor to speak with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had. I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to meeting him in the near future,” Trump said. “Arrangements are being made between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Foreign Minister of Colombia. The meeting will take place in the White House in Washington, D.C.,” he added. Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 06:53 PM EST 01.07.26 It was a Great Honor to speak with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had. I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to… — Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 8, 2026 The Hill shared further info: The Colombian government confirmed the call, which lasted 35 minutes and described it as “a good and positive call,” Meyer reported. Trump has warned other Latin American countries about possible U.S. intervention in the days since the strikes on Venezuela. Colombia was one of them, with Trump on Sunday referring to Petro as 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.” When asked by NewsNation’s Libbey Dean if he intends to launch a military operation on Colombia, Trump said “it sounds good to me.” Trump previously said Petro should “watch his a**” following the military operation that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro. WATCH: President Trump Says Colombian President Should “Watch His A**” “He has cocaine mills. He has factories where he makes cocaine. And yeah, I think I stick by first statement,” Trump said. “He’s making cocaine, and they’re sending it into the United States. So, he does have to watch his a**,” he added. Check it out: NOW - Trump says Colombian President Gustavo Petro has "to watch his ass" as he's making cocaine and sending it to the U.S. pic.twitter.com/H2ctUOmX9O — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 3, 2026 More from the Associated Press: Later Wednesday, addressing thousands of protesters that he had mobilized to rally against U.S. military threats, Petro said he had spoken with Trump for roughly one hour. “I talked about two things: Venezuela and the issue of drug trafficking,” he told the crowd in downtown Bogotá, where demonstrators had just minutes earlier chanted slogans against the United States at Petro’s behest. Petro explained to the audience that Colombian politicians allegedly linked to narco-trafficking misled the U.S. president about Petro’s record to turn Trump against him. “Those (people) are responsible for this crisis — let’s call it diplomatic for now, verbal for now — that has erupted between the U.S. and Colombia,” he said. Trump now suddenly warming to Petro is especially surprising since Colombia’s president called the U.S. operation in Venezuela an “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty. He also suggested it was committed by “enslavers” and constituted a “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.