GUSTAVO PETRO DARES TRUMP TO PUT HIM IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT, THREATENS MASS UPRISING

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — The geopolitical shockwaves from the capture of Nicolás Maduro have reached Colombia, where President Gustavo Petro has decided that the best defense is a loud offense. Following subtle but unmistakable signals from the Trump White House that Petro—a former guerilla with alleged ties to illicit financing—could be the next target in the regional “cleanup,” the Colombian leader issued a stunning challenge.

The Threat and The Response Sources in Washington indicated that with Maduro gone, the U.S. is turning its gaze to Bogota. Feeling the heat, Petro took to the stage not to negotiate, but to taunt.

“If you want to jail me, try and see if you can,” Petro roared, addressing President Trump directly. “If you want to put me in an orange uniform, try it. Do not think Colombia is the same as everywhere else.”

 

The “Orange Uniform” Fear Petro’s specific reference to the “orange uniform” (the standard U.S. federal prison jumpsuit) betrays a deep anxiety. It suggests he knows that an indictment is not just possible, but likely. However, unlike Maduro who hid, Petro is daring the U.S. to act, gambling that the logistical nightmare of extracting a sitting President from a U.S. ally would be too high.

“The Streets Will Defend Me” Petro is banking on “people power” as his iron dome. “The Colombian people will take to the streets to defend me,” he warned. “You will not arrest a President; you will have to fight a people.”

 

By threatening to unleash chaos and turn Bogota into a fortress of civil unrest, Petro is trying to make himself “too big to jail.” But as Donald Trump proved with Maduro, no fortress is impenetrable when the order is given. The question now is not

if Trump will accept the challenge, but when.