Co-operate or else: Trump's Colombia face-off is warning for all leaders

Trump appears ready to punish nations he views as not sufficiently supporting hard-line immigration polices.

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Colombia's offence was refusing to allow two US flights carrying deported migrants to land because they were military, not civilian, transport planes. That was enough to prompt Trump to threaten to drop the hammer.

"We will not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced into the United States," Trump posted on his social media site.

On top of the 25% tariffs he said he would impose, Trump said the US would introduce a travel ban and "immediate visa revocations" on Colombian government officials, as well as its allies and supporters.

But later, the White House said Colombia had now agreed to accept migrants arriving on US military aircraft "without limitation or delay". As a result, the US will not go ahead with the tariffs.

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