When Colombia’s outspoken President Gustavo Petro took up a megaphone at a pro-Palestininan rally on the streets of New York to call on U.S. troops to disobey President Donald Trump, he must have anticipated a backlash.
"I ask all the soldiers of the United States not to point your guns at humanity,” Petro declared on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Friday. "Disobey Trump’s order.”
There are no U.S. troops directly engaged in the Israel-Gaza conflict and it was unclear what order Petro was referring to. Nevertheless, the State Department swiftly responded, revoking Petro’s U.S. visa for "reckless and incendiary actions.”
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