Deputy Secretary Of State Slams Colombian President Petro Over U.S. Comments: 'Such Low Moral Character'

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher slammed Colombian President Gustavo Petro as tensions between the two countries continue to rise.

Speaking to local press, Landau was asked if he believed Colombia posed a threat to the U.S. "Of course we have our differences with the government of President Petro. Thank god there will be elections in Colombia next year. I think the Colombian people, in its great wisdom, will reject this path leading to misery, hate, and will go another way."

Landau was then consulted about an alleged plan against Petro from the Trump administration, which the reporter said was published in local media. "You should not believe everything you read in the paper. Petro has acted in a very provocative manner," he noted.

Landau went on to recall that Petro "was in New York City encouraging our own troops to disobey legitimate orders from our president." "Responsible leaders can't act like that. That's why we immediately kicked him out of the country, we revoked his visa. It's very tragic for the Colombian people that they are represented by a person of such low moral character," he added.

Petro, on his end, has been repeatedly slamming the Trump administration over its military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, most recently warning it to not "wake up the jaguar."

Petro made the claim during a public speech, saying "I would tell (Donald) Trump and (Marco) Rubio to beware." "You are going through the Liberators' Caribbean, you are messing with the land of Bolivar. Have you not read its history? You are coming into lands where farmers armed with spheres defeated the most powerful armies in the world. The Spaniards of the king and the Frenchmen of the Republic. And they failed," he added.

"Beware. There are people in the Caribbean that have always been used to hurricanes and can unleash themselves like one. Like the legend goes, 'if the golden eagle attacks the condor, the American people's jaguar awakens.' Don't awaken the jaguar. We can still talk. South America can save the U.S. by cleaning up its energetic grid," Petro added.