Trump threatens Colombian President days after capturing Maduro

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Colombia with military action after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a raid.

On Jan. 4, Trump made comments about Colombia and its president, Gustavo Petro, accusing the country of being "run by a sick man", according to an audio recording aboard Air Force One.

“Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to be doing it very long.”

Trump was responding to reporters who questioned if the US would enable military "operation" against Colombia to which Trump replied with "it sounds good to me", reported CNN.

These warnings come ahead of Maduro's first court appearance, where he will be tried in New York's federal court for drug and narco terrorism charges.

Also made comments about Mexico and Cuba

In the same interview, Trump turned his attention to Mexico regarding drugs, stating that it has "to get their act together, because they're pouring through Mexico, and we're going to have to do something", stated CNN.

Trump emphasised that he had offered US troops to assist Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum multiple times, but commented that "she's a little afraid".

He also stated that he believed Cuba was going to collapse, "I think it's just going to fall. I don't think we need any action", wrote CNN.

Trump had previously highlighted Cuba's reliance on Venezuela to The New York Post on Jan. 3.

"No, Cuba is going to fall of its own volition. Cuba is doing very poorly."

Cuba is a longtime ally of Venezuela and was heavily dependent on them for fuel and economic aid.

Trump elaborated on the Cuban deaths in the Venezuela raids, stating that "many Cubans lost their lives. They were protecting Maduro. That was not a good move".

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Top photo from Donald Trump/Truth Social and Gustavo Petro/Facebook.