Trump Losing Patience With Colombia as Drug Production Surges

Trump Losing Patience With Colombia as Drug Production Surges
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque at the Oval Office in the White House on Feb. 13, 2019. Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images
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BOGOTA, Colombia—The continued flow of drugs from Colombia to the United States has become a point of contention between the two countries, as Washington loses patience with Bogota’s lack of progress in curbing drug production.

While leaving a political event on migration in Florida on March 29, President Donald Trump complimented Colombian President Iván Duque for being “a really good guy,” but went on to criticize him for not doing enough to stop the boom in cocaine production.