Trump threatens military operation in Colombia as Bitcoin rises to $93K

US President Donald Trump hinted that Colombia and Mexico could beryllium the adjacent targets for US subject involution pursuing the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro connected Saturday, intensifying uncertainty successful the portion arsenic Bitcoin climbed higher.

On Sunday, Trump raised concerns astir cocaine continuing to travel from Colombia into the US portion threatening that Colombian President Gustavo Petro whitethorn beryllium the adjacent person the US captures.

“Colombia is precise sick, too, tally by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to beryllium doing it precise long," Trump warned.

When asked whether the US would see pursuing a subject enactment against Colombia, Trump responded: "It sounds bully to me."

While Trump has friendlier relations with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, she denied assistance to tackle Mexico’s cartels, prompting Trump to say, “Something is going to person to beryllium done successful Mexico.”

The US is besides keeping an oculus connected Cuba, a strategical state of Venezuela, which Trump described arsenic a failing authorities that is “ready to fall” present that its Venezuelan lipid proviso is being chopped off.

Maduro taken earlier crypto marketplace could react

Bitcoin (BTC) has risen 3.35% from $89,990 to $93,000 since the subject cognition successful Venezuela, CoinGecko data shows.

Bitcoin’s alteration successful terms implicit the past week. Source: CoinGecko

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Market expert Crypto Rover said the Venezuela incidental caused small marketplace disruption due to the fact that Maduro’s seizure was executed earlier uncertainty could spread, dissimilar past conflicts that triggered prolonged panic.

Greenland is inactive connected Trump’s wishlist 

Adding to geopolitical uncertainty, however, Trump said helium inactive has his oculus connected Greenland, calling it captious to US nationalist information and defense.

However, ministers successful Denmark and Norway person repeatedly said the mineral-rich onshore is not for merchantability portion asking the US president to halt with the threats.

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