U.S. ‌President Donald ​Trump ‍said on ​Tuesday ​he was ⁠working on sanctions, among other ‌things, with Colombia ​President ‌Gustavo ‍Petro following their ⁠meeting in the Oval ​Office earlier in the day.

President Donald Trump held a nearly two-hour meeting on Tuesday with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, that both called friendly — a dramatic about-face from weeks earlier, when Trump accused Petro of pumping cocaine into the U.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro told local radio station Caracol on Tuesday that he and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump had discussed the possibility of exporting Venezuelan gas via Colombia, the fight against drug trafficking and Colombia's trade and drugs spat with Ecuador at a White House meeting.

President Donald Trump is set to welcome Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House on Tuesday for talks only weeks after threatening military action against the South American country and accusing the leader of pumping cocaine into the United States.

President Donald Trump discussed counternarcotics efforts with Colombian leader counterpart Gustavo Petro on Tuesday and described the meeting with his onetime foe as productive.

The meeting with President Donald Trump comes after recent verbal clashes between the two leaders.

President Donald Trump and Colombia's Gustavo Petro meet Tuesday at the White House after a year of diplomatic turmoil, from deportation standoffs to visa revocations and trade tensions.

Colombians are on edge ahead of President Gustavo Petro’s visit to the White House this week over fears that he might antagonize Donald Trump as much in the flesh as he has done online.