Trump meets with Colombia's Petro
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President Donald Trump and Colombia's Gustavo Petro meet Tuesday at the White House after a year of diplomatic turmoil, from deportation standoffs to visa revocations and trade tensions.
Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro share little in common — except a talent for confrontation. Their meeting at the White House on Tuesday could reshape U.S.–Colombia relations.
President Donald Trump met on Tuesday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House for two hours.
The two leaders have often clashed since Trump took office, including in the weeks since the U.S. arrested Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.
The seizure was announced on the same day that Colombian President Gustavo Petro met with President Trump at the White House.
U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House
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Rather than further inflame tensions, the first in-person meeting between the two leaders yielded smiling photos and complimentary words, if no concrete agreements.
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