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Colombia: Trump Endorses De La Espriella, Observers Dismiss Petro's Fraud Claims

Is Trump meddling in a foreign election or offering support for a common-sense candidate?

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Colombia: Trump Endorses De La Espriella, Observers Dismiss Petro's Fraud Claims

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Above: Abelardo de la Espriella addresses his supporters in Barranquilla on May 31. Image credit: Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

Trump's endorsement further signals that Abelardo de la Espriella is the right leader for Colombia, one that will put the national interest and human rights of all his fellow countrymen above appeasing narco-terrorists. He will deliver everything that Petro's leftist government failed to provide. Colombia has the chance to reject communism and choose a future that actually works for its people.

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Anti-Trump narrative

U.S. interference has long marred this presidential election, from Sen. Bernie Moreno's illegal political meetings with right-wing candidates to Donald Trump's endorsement for U.S. citizen Espriella. Furthermore, the vote count software has never been independently audited, rendering Petro's fraud claims impossible to fully dismiss. Colombia is risking surrendering its own sovereignty.

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