a US citizen, a registered Republican, a Miami millionaire, and a man who celebrated winning the Colombian presidency by shouting ‘long live the people of Israel.’ Meet your new president, Colombia.

…The winner is a US citizen who became naturalised in 2023, owns a $5.1 million home in Miami, ran businesses in Florida for years, is a registered Republican, and voted for Donald Trump in 2024. He was openly endorsed by Trump, who celebrated his ‘BIG’ victory on Truth Social.

He has pledged to ‘disembowel the left,’ move Colombia’s embassy to Jerusalem, and restore full diplomatic and military ties with Israel. And after declaring victory, his first instinct was to drive around Bogotá in a bulletproof box…

…Then, in one of his victory speeches, he shouted: ‘Long live the people of Israel.’

Not ‘long live Colombia.’ Not ‘long live the Colombian people,’ the ones who had, allegedly, just elected him…

I wanted to quote salient pieces, but the whole article is salient. Anything less than reading it in toto is a serious disservice to self and more importantly, democracy.