Things are getting tense between the U.S. and Colombia — again. President Donald Trump is publicly warning Colombian President Gustavo Petro that he could be the next target in Trump’s hard-line anti-drug campaign, accusing Colombia of fueling cocaine trafficking into the United States.

Speaking at the White House this week, Trump said Petro has been “hostile” toward the U.S. and warned that Colombia is “making cocaine” and selling it north. He didn’t hold back, suggesting that countries tied to drug production could face serious consequences — even hinting at military action.

The comments add fuel to an already rocky relationship. Colombia has been one of Washington’s closest allies in the decades-long “war on drugs,” but Petro, the country’s first modern left-wing president, has taken a different approach. Instead of aggressive crop eradication, his government says it’s focused on dismantling drug labs and criminal networks — claiming more than 18,000 labs have been destroyed.

Trump isn’t buying it. His administration recently decertified Colombia’s anti-drug efforts, a major diplomatic move not seen since the late ’90s. The two leaders have also clashed over immigration, tariffs, peace talks with armed groups, and U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean — attacks Petro has called illegal and a violation of sovereignty.

Petro fired back online, reminding Trump that Colombia has helped stop “thousands of tons” of cocaine and warning him not to “awaken the jaguar.”

For now, it’s a war of words — but one that’s putting a once-strong alliance under serious strain.