The other day, here on this show, we covered the US military attacks off the coast of Venezuela.
Today, we're talking about Colombia.
And you might think this sounds familiar.
President Trump clashing with another leftist leader from Latin America.
But this is a very different story.
For decades, Colombia has been one of the United States' closest allies in the region,
working side by side with Washington in the war on drugs.
And over the years, that relationship has grown.
with Colombia becoming a hot tourist destination for many Americans.
But now that friendship is under serious strain.
They are a drug manufacturing machine, Colombia.
And we're not going to be part of it.
So we're going to drop all money that we're giving to them.
The US government says Colombia is officially not cooperating in what it calls the war on drugs.
Trump has accused Colombia's president of being a drug dealer,
and Colombia's president has accused U.S.
officials of trying to orchestrate a coup against him.
From the BBC, I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, D.C.
And I'm Tristan Redmond in London.
And today on The Global Story, if the U.S.