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US President Donald Trump has on Sunday named Colombian President Gustavo Petro, an illegal drug leader “ ” and has said the United States would ban “salaries and large-scale subsidies” for the South American nation.

“Petro... is an illegal drug leader who strongly encourages mass drug production”, wrote Trump on the Social Truth.

The purpose of this drug production is to sell massive amounts of product in the United States, causing death, destruction and chaos”, he added.

Relations between Bogota and Washington have deteriorated since Trump returned to duty.

Last month the United States revoted Petros visa after it joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York and called on American soldiers to disobey Trump's orders.

Last year, Petro had pledged to reduce cocaine cultivation regions in Colombia with massive social and military interventions, but the strategy has brought little success, Time-contained.

In September, Trump has set up a new list of countries such as Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia and Venezuela, among those who believe they have “apparently failed to support anti-narcotics agreements over the past year.

He has blamed Colombia's political leadership for failing to meet its obligations for drug control. /Periscope/