President Trump warned Monday Colombia's President Gustavo Petro needs to "watch his ass" over the cocaine he said the country is sending to the U.S.
The big picture: Trump and Petro have been feuding for months as the administration escalates its pressure campaign against Colombia, including Trump threatening military action against the country and imposing sanctions on the president and his family members.
The U.S. will build "Trump-class" military vessels that the president on Monday suggested are new-age battleships, inching the country closer to construction of what the administration is advertising as "the Golden Fleet."
The big picture: President Trump has in his second term obsessed over seapower — long a sign of a country's strength. Here, he again inserts himself.
U.S. ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery was summoned to the foreign ministry in Copenhagen on Monday after President Trump's newly appointed envoy for Greenland called for making the island part of the U.S., according to Danish officials.
Why it matters: The Danish government wasn't informed in advance about the appointment of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as Greenland envoy, the officials said.
Ukrainian officials this month observed a defense-tech demonstration in Portugal involving the coordination of air and sea drones in the absence of GPS.
Why it matters: Ukraine's unmanned wins — including striking Russian warships in the Black Sea and ambushing nuclear-capable bombers — have flipped military thinking on its head.
High-level delegations from at least nine countries descended on the same locale for parallel negotiations this weekend on Ukraine and Gaza.
Setting the scene: That location was not Geneva or Paris, but a sprawling country club outside Miami, co-owned by Steve Witkoff — President Trump's lead negotiator on both of those conflicts.
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a third tanker Sunday as part of President Trump's military campaign against oil ships servicing Venezuela, two sources tell Axios.
Why it matters: The planned seizure of the tanker, which is on the U.S. sanctions list for rogue oil vessels, was another sign Trump wants to squeeze the oil-rich nation's economy in an effort to force strongman Nicolás Maduro from power.
Israeli officials warned the Trump administration over the weekend that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps missile exercise could be preparations for a strike on Israel, according to three Israeli and U.S. sources with knowledge of the issue.
Why it matters:Israeli sources said that while the intelligence gathered only shows force movements in Iran, the Israel Defense Force's risk tolerance is much lower than it used to be, two years after the Hamas surprise invasion on Oct. 7, 2023.
