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Why should this surprise us? That’s what a convicted Felon who is president of the United States is going to do. He’s an authoritarian and he thinks everything needs to be done his way. Well now we’re going to pay the price here come the tariffs.

I got a message for President Gustavo Pedro: Your Country is beautiful so your people, your Country is a paradise, I would listen to MR President Trump and get along with him. If you send your Presidential Plane for accommodating your people you're welcome, but you're not in the position to jeopardize your fragile economy for any reason whatsoever, peace, diplomatic relationship and trade and what you need the most as the entire world including us in America. MR President Trump is protecting the sovereignty of America and the people within.

The mainstream is trying to make me either feel bad for migrants or make us feel like we need these dirty third world people, who won’t assimilate to our culture, is worse for us than it is for them.. ????

This is a much easier fix than what’s being portrayed. We need to make the ability to become a temporary citizen easier than it is. Background checks, usable skills, and political or criminal affiliation. If it’s not possible to access, so is your entry. I support my president and my nation completely and yet I still understand that the deplorable conditions of these broken nations is something I too would want to escape from. By making it so impossible to legally enter, we’re funding the criminals who will do so illegally. \n And can we talk openly about the real issue as well? It’s time for the U.S to clean house too. Government officials taking bribes from the Cartels and making it harder for us to put safety measures in place. We have to stop being in business with these criminal elements. I get it, the money’s being used to fund our military initiatives that tax dollars can’t, like in the 80’s with Contra, but how many U.S lives have to be lost to secure a foreign policy???

I bet you they will listen to trump. they need us more Than we need their cocaine

Columbia is toast in refusing their own people. US planes need only to dump out the returned passengers as they fly over the airport. ??

Very good action by Trump?.. US badly needed president like Trump who can defend US interest without distracted by non-sense from Left Liberal...?

? u guys haven't changed. F Colombia and anything from Columbia Americans don't need or want their products! CONSUMERS DON'T CARE! and they don't have a monopoly on bananas lol. America is back and we don't want these socialist communist countries products. And that goes for China. They don't have a monopoly to tell us what they will n won't do! We tell them what we'll accept. Don't like it? Too bad SO SAD! Get a clue CNN

Columbia is a Republic, like the US. Socialism is an economic construct, not a form of government. And no one has yet to both to educate a dementia riddled 78 year old on how tariffs work.\nIs there any other misinformative orange turd rhetoric that needs clearing up?

Make no mistake. They need us more than we need cheap coffee and roses. If you're sitting in your parent's basement worried about coffee prices, you got bigger problems.

Keep cheering MAGA cult , Canada and Mexico will make everything highly expensive now. China doesn't need the US and neither does Canada.

Why does US need to provide transport for these migrants, yet when they came to US they came on their own? US must just take them to the Mexico border, they will find their way home the same way they found their way to the US?‍♂️...

?president Trump if he keeps this up I'm scared he's going to make us have a wor over here. We don't need this. He need to talk to a doctor because he's needing it.

Well, this is good. Why the hell aren’t these countries taking back their own people because they know that those individuals are no good that’s why they sent them to us in the first place so this is a good thing. That being said he needs to ease back on with these other two countries I mean really we trade with them a lot talk about getting expensive mercy. 3:41 why does CNN have all these specialist and analyst on? They are always totally wrong and bias and one sided I mean come on they put the story out knowing that Columbia was gonna fold immediately so all this talk is for nothing just making people fearful of outcomes that have already been decided so they need to get off gas and shut the hell up I don’t know why you click on CNN they have not been telling the truth for years

Trump is a coward! He is killing America and republicans are his boot licking puppets. Every single country will hate us because of this dumb ASS. ?Don’t let him destroy our country . Stand up to him. ?????? no counseling needed, just no more MAGA assholes! ?

Well, this is good. Why the hell aren’t these countries taking back their own people because they know that those individuals are no good that’s why they sent them to us in the first place so this is a good thing. That being said he needs to ease back on with these other two countries I mean really we trade with them a lot talk about getting expensive mercy. 3:41

Have you ever stop and think about the the dictatorship that is in the USA .most people don't even ? The system here we vote but do our vote counts the only vote that counts is the electerol vote and who tells the electerol vote how to to vote not the people the corporations the elites the 1% remember when bush run against gore in the 90s gore won the popular vote but bush won the electoral vote at the end the day Republicans and Democrats serve the 1% only and no one cares for the poor and middle class we need to vote more independent how is socialism bad because they care for the poor and middle class we need to stop listening to false propaganda they feed us that socialism don't work because it does... did you know that corporations pay taxes in Mexico and the new socialist partie in Mexico don't do bail outs for banks and corporations when the USA gov has come to you and say you are going to loose your house and your car don't worry we pay it for you Never but the USA gov do it all the time with corporations and banks with our tax payer money how is that right!!

Dear GOD, through the power of your only begotten SON JESUS and the Virgin Mary, please lift the DELUSION from these people of good will (2 Thessalonians 2-man of lawlessness) and let them wake up to the fact that Trump is not the man they think he is! He is against all that is TRUE and HOLY and will lead this great country to destruction. He is a son of Satan (father of all lies). He claims he is the CHOSEN ONE, but he behaves in the opposite manner of what JESUS would do (anti-Christ). He loves only himself! He claims to love the Holy Bible yet cannot recite one verse of scripture! Jesus warned us of the false prophets, and messiahs that would come after HIM deceiving even the elect of GOD! Trump is one such FALSE MESSIAH. Satan (ruler of THIS world) has given his son immense power to deceive men's minds, and GOD is allowing us to be punished for the sin of ELECTIVE abortion We need to REPENT, PRAY and RENEW our trust in JESUS CHRIST and his Mother Mary and follow them, carrying our cross on the road that will lead us back to the FATHER! AMEN - JOHN 3:16!

Socialist and unpopular? CNN adjectives to the Colombian president. The media trying to shape people’s minds. Petro is teaching us dignity! One day los gringos will need to learn humility, that one is a hard one to learn.

It's time for world leaders to stand up to this Orange Buffoon, he can't terrorize the whole world. Other countries can put tariffs in place as well, they all need to unite. it will crush the US Economy within days!

MR. RUBIO NEEDS TO TALK TO US \n((THE PEOPLE))\nCOME TO HAVE LUNCH WITH US?\nTHE POEOLE WE NEED YOU TO TELL EL SSAVADOR GOVERMENT THEY NEED TO A TOP THE STEALING OUR TAXES A ND START SHOWING ACCOUNTS WITH ALL THE EXPENCES AND SHOW ALL US WHAT THE $$$ IS BEING SPEND ON. THEY WONT STOP STEALING IF PTE. TRUMP DONT ASK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF EVERYTHING SPENDED HERE.?????

This man is gonna kill us all, have us fighting in the streets for food ?\nHe needs serious mental help.\nA rubber room, with a jacket that hugs you back.\nHe is a danger to humanity.

We don’t need their food, our farmers can easily produce food for America but they need us to buy their food. ?

So many people don't fundamentally understand how tariffs work. America is one of the largest consumer markets in the world with the strongest impact on the global economic scale. Every country NEEDS their goods sold to the United States and tariffs make them pay more to get there goods here giving us a cash influx. while also dramatically increasing the competitive edge for domestic companies to compete against foreign slave markets.

Rubio needs to Ask Pte.N B to removed this Colombian guy and put either INGRID ESCOBAR.or BETHY ARANA HELP US PLEASE.????

Columbia needs us more than we need them. I like Ethiopian coffee better anyway. We can get bananas from asia or costa rica. They can keep their apist we have enough.

Good for you trump !!! How is it wrong to send back criminals back to country of orgin . Yes raise tariffs !!!! They need us more then we need them !!! Others countries will fill the void !!! Stop being scared of tariffs when you run the show you control the long game .

At one time no South American country would have dared defy a US president and risk invasion and regime change, now they all openly defy Trump with abandon since the rise of BRICS. Colombia has applied to join BRICS and these retaliatory tariffs will simply speed that up. Colombia stated quite clearly - we will not accept undocumented migrants who have done nothing wrong but work, pay their tax and behave as excellent members of US society - basically Trump try somewhere else to dump your unwanted workers. Americans' favourite Colombian coffees have just become 25% more expensive, millions of cups of Colombian coffee is drunk the US every week. \n\nTrump’s ridiculous comment about Jordan, Egypt and other Gulf countries taking Palestinians whilst Gaza is rebuilt is equally stupid; those countries cannot accept forcibly expelled, ethnically cleansed Gazans because that would be a War Crime and render those countries liable to be accused of complicity in a War Crime by the International Court of Justice; they would also incur the wrath of their respective populations and put their governments at risk of being overthrown. \n\nAll the surrounding countries and the International Community needs to do is to flood Gaza with thousands of tons of humanitarian aid and millions of large family-sized tents, as well as mobile toilets and washing facilities. Supply bulldozers and rubble removing machinery to clean the land up as quickly as possible, as well as bomb detection kits to protect the children. The Gazan people are incredibly resilient and will happily live in tents whilst their country is being rebuilt around them, and the State of Palestine begins to emerge again. \n??

Dude, seriously that is not doing the US bidding. The United States is doing its own bidding. They need to take their people back. This is what we voted for. Watch your words.

These turd world countries need us $$ more than we need them.

These turd world countries need us $$ more than we need them

Well I guess people in other countires drink coffee and would aprecciate other goods that Colombia also has to offer. Colombia should unite to the BRICS and leave the US to get those products somewhere else. From what I see, America needs more from Colombia than Colombia from them. Believe me, there are other nations that want to do business with Colombia.

OF course CNN are stupid the Columbian government is going to cave they will take back there criminals. All these countries need the US more then the US need them . Thats how u punish ppl go after there money

It sucks I Donald Trump continues to create enemies with our neighbors. I don’t see this as a positive outcome at all because he might need our neighbors at some point in time and they’re not gonna be there to help us. It’s gonna be like a slap in our faces And they’re not taking the deport back in Columbia that he sent over there. The people’s dignities was taken away from them. They came there all handcuffed, and and he treated them in a very degrading way according to the report that I read to the Midas touch and it’s just awful

The reason they don't want them back is they mostly came from Jails and prisons. They were not sending their best and brightest. They need us far more than we need them.\nGood job, doing what you said you would. Thanks Trump.

Columbia will cave pretty quick. They need us more than we need them. Take back your illegal drug mules a holes.

Colombia is joining BRICS!!!!!!! They don't need us anymore

CNN spreading their fearmongering again. Oh no avacados and now bananas and coffee gonna be more expensive. We get those items from other compliant countries also.\n\nWe need to get these people out, they were never supposed to be here to begin with. These are not US citezens nor are they legal residents, it is the resposibility of their home countries to take them back. If the don't comply with our immigration laws then all should be denied access and a travel ban to and from their countries should be enstated.

So if it carries on like this, Donald Chaos is going to be applying trade tariffs against many of his neighbors for not taking back their migrants that the US needs to keep their domestic economy afloat? So it'll be costing the US at least an equivalent cost increase to continue buying goods from Columbia (and other countries as yet unknown to add to the list) until the US has no sources left to switch to that are un-tariffed and more economic.\nThese countries will just sell their goods elsewhere if the US doesn't buy them, so the American consumer loses out and pays to finance this fiasco in the making = US price inflation. \nSo falling out with your neighbors is how to make America great again is it?\nWhat sort of successful businessman works like this and succeeds? Donald Chaos, the Art of The Fail.

What all immigrants need to do is leave America and go farm in their country and sell it to the US for a lot of money if there smart..

All this means is that USA consumers pay more for whatever Colombia exports and what consumers will need ( supermarket food produce for example) ?? It does not help US farmers who cannot deliver to super markets their field produce because Trump is deporting workers who go into the fields whom primarily collect it !!!\nTrump is basically taxing the US consumers and pushing prices up !! The US importer pays the tariffs (US customs tax at port of entry) whom then passes it onto the consumer !!\nThe consumer can of course not purchase the product which would hurt Colombia exports; the importers would have to hurriedly find another source whom would probably also increase their price because of demand.\nTrump is a loser and always will be; his businesses are mostly failures; even casinos !!

People in these comments are on some serious copium. Y’all actin like coffee prices are gonna be a big problem because you have nothing negative to say about what Trump did. Like y’all give a shit when you go to Starbucks and spend $8 on a coffee already, or is it more? This hurts then more than it would hurt us btw, that’s why they folded so easily. Trump knew they would fold easily. Btw we can get coffee somewhere else if you truly need coffee to love you can probably drink espresso too. I buy a brand imported from Italy

They're joining BRICS. What do they need from the US? NOTHING! \n\nBut I'm relieved that at least the wealthy will afford to buy their coffee and bananas. tRump voters nevah get tired of winning. Yah!!!

US needs to correct this ASAP crazy that these ppl can use our food as collateral when we can produce in USA

Why CNN should fight with US Govt administration instead of supporting it ?. It helps people to take CNN seriously when CNN report something negative and real problem that need attention of the world.

We don't need friends who'd like to fleece us with nothing in return.

Stop lying to us CNN we don’t need Colombia the economy it’s not going to suffer Colombia needs USA no the opposite

China slapped bans on just about all Australians goods a few years ago. It was a wake up call for Australia as they realised they had relied too heavily on the Chinese market. So they found new export markets for their products. China, meanwhile experienced power shortages and realised they actually did need Australian coal. They have dropped all the tariffs and Australia is no longer putting all their eggs in one basket. The same will happen with US tariffs. Exporters will find new markets. The US will pay more or miss out.

All these countries need to stop sending goods even though it will hurt us maybe it will wake up MAGA

You're a real bad businessman trump, do you know how many businesses now will shut down because of coffee that will cost us instead of $4 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks it will now be 15 think about what you've done you really need to stay out of business because you suck at it