White House Nixed Mamdani's Planned Meeting With Colombia's President: Washington Post
The State Department said Petro’s remarks on U.S. soldiers made the meeting unacceptable and shortened his trip, canceling Mamdani’s first planned foreign leader sit-down.
- On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump's administration blocked a planned meeting between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, marking a new flashpoint between the mayor and the president.
- Officials reportedly nixed the meeting because President Petro criticized United States support for Israel in Gaza and urged soldiers to "Disobey" orders, prompting Trump to impose sanctions under counternarcotics-related authorities despite lacking evidence of wrongdoing.
- Unusual for a world leader not considered an international pariah, the State Department warned the meeting was "unacceptable" and implied potential arrest, restrictions mirroring past treatment of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Following discussions between United States and Colombian officials, Bogot informed Mamdani's office that Petro's trip was shortened, "which would exclude the possibility for a conversation," said a person familiar with the conversations.
- Adam Isacson, a Colombia expert at the Washington Office, warned this sets a precedent for truncating UN visits of world leaders who criticize the administration. "He's not a dictator," Isacson said of Petro, whose term ends in two months.
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Trump Admin Shuts Down Mamdani's Attempt to Meet with Foreign Leader
President Donald Trump’s administration has thwarted a planned meeting between two prominent democratic socialists. According to The Washington Post, U.S. diplomats in the Colombian capital of Bogotá told Colombian officials […] The post Trump Admin Shuts Down Mamdani's Attempt to Meet with Foreign Leader appeared first on The Western Journal.
Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, said no one informed him of a restriction on his U.S. visa that prevented him from meeting New York's mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani was set to meet Colombian president known for inflammatory Israel rhetoric
The NYC mayor’s sit-down with Gustavo Petro, who has called Israel's leaders Nazis and posted 'Heil Hitler' about an opposition candidate, was cancelled by Trump administration.
Trump admin nixes Mamdani’s meeting with Colombian president, a vocal Israel critic
A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week’s daily newsletter, rounding up the latest on politics, culture, food and what’s new with Jews in the city. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. What you need to know today U.S. officials nixed Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s meeting with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a vocal critic of Israel. Mamdani was scheduled to meet with Petro on Friday. The State Department revoked Petro…
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