Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday struck a defiant tone against U.S. President Donald Trump, two days after Washington conditionally decertified the nation for failing to meet its anti-drug commitments over the past year. But relations between Trump and Petro, the country’s first leftist president, have quickly soured over drug policy, Venezuela, and irregular migration. Petro claimed that he personally has faced assassination attempts and persecution for opposing drug cartels, comparing his fight to that of the slain Liberal presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán. In unusually personal remarks directed at a U.S. president, Petro challenged Trump to stop “threatening countries” and accused him of ignoring Colombia’s record. At the close of his remarks, Petro again turned to Trump with a defiant message: “Do not threaten me, and here I await you if you wish.