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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. |
| 0:04.9 | Colombia used to be a key U.S. partner in the war on drugs, but now President Trump is accusing |
| 0:11.0 | Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, of being a leader in the illegal drug trade. |
| 0:16.9 | Reporter John Otis has more. |
| 0:19.2 | For months, Trump and Petro have exchanged insults, prompting Washington to revoke Petro's |
| 0:25.5 | U.S. visa. |
| 0:26.7 | Now, tensions are rising over Trump's policy of attacking alleged drugboats in the Caribbean |
| 0:32.4 | Sea. |
| 0:33.4 | Petro accused Trump of murder after claiming that one of the victims was a Colombian fisherman. |
| 0:38.9 | On Sunday, Trump took to social media to call Petro, quote, an illegal drug leader |
| 0:44.3 | strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs. He also threatened to cut off U.S. |
| 0:50.3 | aid to Colombia. Petro quickly responded by describing himself as the main enemy of |
| 0:56.8 | Colombian traffickers and by saying that Trump was uninformed about his country. For NPR News, |
| 1:02.9 | I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia. The Secret Service discovered a hunting stand with a |
| 1:09.5 | sight line to the Air Force One landing zone in West Palm Beach yesterday. |
| 1:13.7 | That's according to FBI Director Cash Patel. |
| 1:16.5 | And Fares Luke Garrett reports now the FBI is flying in resources to investigate the scene. |
| 1:22.4 | FBI director Cash Patel says in a statement that no one was found near the hunting stand near the Palm Beach International Airport, but Patel says the FBI is deploying, quote, cell phone analytics capabilities and collecting all evidence at the scene without providing further details. A photo shared by U.S. Secret Service shows the hunting stand positioned in a large tree. Trump traveled to Florida on Friday and spent the weekend in West Palm Beach at his |
| 1:45.0 | Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump faced two assassination attempts during his campaign, one in Butler, |
| 1:49.9 | Pennsylvania last July, and the second while golfing in Florida last September. A jury found |
| 1:55.3 | Ryan Ruth guilty on assassination charges for the Florida attempt last month. He is set to be |
| 2:00.1 | sentenced in December. |
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