Trump More Popular Than Petro in Colombia After Trade Spat
- 74% rate handling of dispute negatively after tariff threats
- 50% view Trump positively; only 42% say the same about Petro
Gustavo Petro
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Colombians overwhelmingly disapproved of President Gustavo Petro’s handling of a dispute with Donald Trump over migrants, another blow to the embattled leader who is now less popular in his own country than even his American counterpart.
Nearly three-quarters of Colombians hold negative views of Petro’s approach to Trump after his rejection of deportation flights led the US president to threaten steep tariffs on the South American nation, according to LatAm Pulse, a survey conducted by AtlasIntel for Bloomberg News and published Tuesday.