Bogotá. Colombian President Gustavo Petro today accused his U.S. counterpart of being rude and ignorant toward the Colombian nation and commented that, unlike him, he is not in the business of doing business, referring to the magnate's business dealings.

The latest of the head of state's statements adds to others released today against the White House resident, who earlier on his Truth Social network called the South American leader a"drug trafficking leader" and announced that he will repeal subsidies or any payments that Washington provides to his nation.

"Mr. Trump, Colombia has never been rude to the United States; on the contrary, it has deeply loved its culture. But you are rude and ignorant toward Colombia. Read, as your chargé d'affaires in Colombia did, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and I assure you that you will learn something from solitude," the Colombian president retorted.

He then commented that he's not in business, but rather a socialist and believes in aid and the common good, when the greatest of all, life, is"endangered by their oil."

He emphasized that if he's not a businessman, he's certainly not a drug trafficker, because there's no greed in his heart.

“I could never relate to greed. A mobster is a human being who embodies the best of capitalism: greed, and I am the opposite, a lover of life and therefore a millennial warrior of life. Greed eludes us, because life is more powerful,” he concluded.

Although this is the latest episode of tension between the presidents of both countries, Petro's rhetoric became more radical after Washington declared Colombia decertified, adding it to a list of nations that supposedly do not fully cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking.

Later, at the United Nations podium, he stated that Trump kills and allows tens of thousands to be killed, alluding to the extrajudicial killings of boat crews in the Caribbean who have been bombed by the U.S. military in recent weeks and the vetoes of peace proposals presented to the UN Security Council for a truce between Hamas and Israel.

Following that incident, and after asserting at a rally held on the streets of New York that if a president asks his army to turn its cannons on the civilian population, the uniformed personnel are obligated to disobey, the United States revoked the visas of the New Granadan and other members of his cabinet.

Just days after the incident, Washington described the South American nation as a state that"has setbacks in the fight against human trafficking and exploitation."