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Trump issues warnings to three Latin American countries

January 5, 2026

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President Donald Trump issued veiled warnings to the governments of Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba following a US special forces raid in which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured.

Trump’s comments came Saturday as he defended the Venezuela operation, characterizing Maduro as a “narco-terrorist.” When asked about implications for neighboring countries, Trump doubled down on his criticism of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a key Maduro ally.

“He has cocaine mills, he has factories where he makes cocaine,” Trump said, adding, “he does have to watch his ass.”

President Trump says Cuba is the next domino ready to fall in South America.

He says Venezuela’s collapse has cut off the money, with the United States now taking control of the oil.

Trump says Cuban Americans will be very happy with what’s about to happen. pic.twitter.com/XlgbvWI5rW

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) January 5, 2026

PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST NOW:

Trump: "Colombia is run by a sick man, he's not going to be doing it for very long."

Reporter: "So there will be an operation by the US in Colombia?"

Trump: "Sounds good to me." pic.twitter.com/66fQM7cEIY

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 5, 2026

BREAKING: TRUMP PLANS INVASION INTO COLUMBIA

TRUMP: Colombia is very sick too. Run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the US, and he's not gonna be doing it very long

Q: So there's will be an operation by the US in Colombia?

TRUMP: Sounds good to me pic.twitter.com/myNwDKxzJ0

— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) January 5, 2026

The US president also noted that Cuba is “going to be something we’ll end up talking about,” suggesting that Washington wants to “help the people” of this “failing nation,” which he claimed is similar to Venezuela.

“It’s very similar in the sense that we want to help the people in Cuba, but we also want to help the people who were forced out of Cuba and are living in this country,” he said.

Trump also said that “something’s going to have to be done with Mexico,” claiming that drug cartels effectively control the country, but that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is “frightened” of them.

“They’re running Mexico. I’ve asked her numerous times: ‘Would you like us to take out the cartels?’ ‘No, no, no, Mr. President, no, no, no, please.’ So we have to do something,” he said in a phone interview with Fox News earlier in the day.

Washington’s military action has sparked widespread international condemnation, with all three nations denouncing it as a breach of international law and a threat to regional stability.

Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong condemnation of the US intervention, stating it “seriously jeopardizes regional stability,” while stressing that Latin America and the Caribbean must remain a “zone of peace.” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described the attack as “cowardly, criminal and treacherous” and called for international condemnation. Colombia’s President Petro expressed “deep concern” and reaffirmed his government’s rejection of “any unilateral military action.”