After months of trading insults from their very active social media accounts, presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro will hold an unlikely summit in Washington on Tuesday. Trump and Petro come from opposite ends of the political spectrum, and have sparred over everything from Israeli operations in Gaza to jailed migrants to Venezuela. "Both Trump and Petro are volatile," said Felipe Botero, a political expert at the University of the Andes. Ahead of the meeting, Petro took steps to please Washington, announcing the resumption of migrant deportation flights to Colombia, the original trigger of the Petro-Trump conflict. The government says Petro also agreed with Trump to act jointly against the ELN -- Colombia's largest guerrilla group -- near the Venezuela border, after failed peace talks.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 31, 2026 04:28 UTC