STORY: :: After trading barbs for months, Trump says his meeting with Colombia's Petro was 'very good'
:: February 3, 2026
REPORTER: "How was your meeting with Gustavo Petro earlier today? And did you come to any agreement on counternarcotic efforts?"
TRUMP: "Yeah, we did, we worked on it and we got along very well. He and I weren't exactly the best of friends, but I wasn't insulted because I never met him. I didn't know him at all. And we got along very well. And we are, we're working on that and we're working on some other things too, including sanctions. And...we had a very good meeting. I thought he was terrific, you know, he's very good. We got along great."
The Colombian leader met with Trump at the White House for about two hours earlier in the day. While no media were allowed into the meeting, and the White House had released little information as of mid-afternoon, Petro suggested the encounter had been cordial.
Following the meeting, Petro posted a photo on X with a note apparently handwritten by Trump with the words: "Gustavo - A great honor - I love Colombia." It also contained a photograph of the two leaders shaking hands and smiling.
Petro said he asked Trump to help capture major drug traffickers living outside Colombia.
