President Trump Hints Petro Could Be Next After Maduro Grab [WATCH]

First, it was Maduro. Now Trump is looking over the border.

President Donald Trump suggested Colombia’s president may be a target after a successful U.S. operation resulted in Nicolás Maduro’s arrest and transfer to the United States.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening that Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, “likes making cocaine,” but that he would not be “doing it very long.”

“Colombia is very sick, too, run by 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, let me tell you,” Trump told reporters.

The president seemed unwilling to elaborate — until a reporter raised the prospect of another operation against Petro. “Sounds good to me,” Trump responded.

.@POTUS: “Colombia’s very sick, too, run by 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, let me tell you.” pic.twitter.com/TkstSRX4WM

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 5, 2026

The warning comes right after the dramatic Maduro takedown.

The military operation to arrest and transfer Maduro was carried out after federal prosecutors secured a U.S. drug-trafficking case against him dating back years.

During a mission early Saturday morning, explosions rocked Caracas as American service members arrested Maduro and put him on board a U.S. warship to be taken to New York for trial.

Trump has continued ramping up pressure on Maduro in recent months, amassing warships and thousands of troops in the southern Caribbean.

But even as the United States built up forces off Venezuela’s coast, Petro kept poking the bear.

In the wake of Maduro’s arrest, Petro publicly attacked the United States, calling the operation an “assault on the sovereignty” of South America.

Petro has denied accusations of drug trafficking against himself and defended Maduro against similar charges made by the United States.

Meanwhile, U.S. forces have been targeting drug boats moving toward the United States for months — mainly in the Caribbean, but with some action in the Pacific off Colombia’s coast as well.

U.S. officials have issued public warnings for Cuba, too.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that “the Cuban government is a huge problem.”

“I’m not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard, but I don’t think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime,” he said in an interview on NBC.

Reporter: ”Is the Cuban government the next target?”

Rubio: “The Cuban government is a huge problem”

Reporter: “Is that a yes?”

Rubio: “I think they are in a lot of trouble. Yes” pic.twitter.com/P4V8QLBVL3

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 4, 2026