He president of USA, donald trumpdeclared this Monday that the far-right Abelardo de la Espriellawho according to the pre-count won the elections in Colombiait will be a “great president” and anticipated that the bilateral relationship will be “much better” than with the Government of Gustavo Petro.
The Republican, who referred to From Espriella by his nickname, El Tigerhe explained in statements to the press in the Oval Office that he spoke with him on the phone on Sunday night and that he thanked him for the electoral support provided during the campaign.
Trump called De la Espriella “a good man” and stated that it is “a honor” for him who has won after having publicly expressed his support.
“When a person likes someone like me, I like that person. It’s very simple“It’s a simple formula,” said the president when explaining his support.
“He said very good things about me and about the work we have done in USAvery, very forceful. And he won an election in Colombia that, I don’t know, surprised some because he was a little further behind, but he won easily last night,” he added.
Asked what he expects from the relationship between USA and ColombiaTrump responded: “Far better. “He will be a great president.”
This same Monday, trump He published a message on the Truth social network in which he congratulated the candidate of the Defenders of the Homeland movement for his victory and said he hopes to “build a relationship.” powerful” with Colombia.
According to the pre-count, and in the absence of definitive official results, From Espriella He won the second round with 49.66% of the votes, compared to 48.7% for the leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda.
During the campaign, the American president published three messages on Social Truth in which he expressed his support for the candidate of the Defenders of the Homeland movement and promised “total support” to Colombia in case of victory.
De la Espriella comes to power with the promise of total alignment with the White House in the fight against organized crime and migration.
The victory of the far-right marks a turn in the tense relations between the Trump Administration and the outgoing government of Gustavo Petrowho was included on the sanctions list of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for alleged links to drug trafficking, accusations that the president rejects.