Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. , was weighed on President Donald Trump The ongoing tariff feud with Colombian President Gustavo Petro — but not every social media user bought her comments.
The dispute between Trump and Petro began when the Colombian leader Refuse to accept Two deportation flights took place over the weekend, prompting Trump to launch retaliatory measures. Both world leaders threaten to raise tariffs on imported products by 25% to 50%, and Trump ordered travel bans and visa cancellations for all Colombian government officials.
“I just reported that Two departed, two returned home From the United States, with a large number of illegal criminals, they were not allowed to land in Colombia,” Trump wrote on Social Truth.
“Petro’s refusal of these flights has jeopardized the national security and public safety of the United States, so I have directed my administration to immediately take urgent and decisive retaliatory measures.”
AOC gave her Trump feud a petro in an X post on Sunday. (Reuters)
In an X post on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez insisted that American consumers are the only party paying the tariffs.
“In order to ‘punish’ Colombia, Trump is about to make every American pay more for coffee,” the New York congresswoman said in a post. “Remember: we pay the tariffs, not Colombia.”
“Trump is about more inflation for working-class Americans, not better,” she added. “He's lining the pockets of himself and the billionaire class.”
Petro appeared to be a fan of AOC's post, as he reposted it on his X account.
While tariffs have the potential to inflate prices, the importer, which is the company or entity that brings the goods into the United States, will pay the actual tariff to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
But inflated prices are not guaranteed — sometimes, tariffs can reduce the global price of an object as suppliers rush to retain access to the large U.S. market. It is possible that coffee suppliers in various countries, such as Vietnam and Brazil – which produce more coffee than Colombia – will reduce or maintain their prices.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., criticized Trump for threatening Colombia's president with tariffs. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A tweet from Ocasio-Cortez had more than 47,000 likes from supporters as of 8 p.m., but is receiving scorn from Trump supporters and tariff advocates.
“World record. 35 minutes and the tweet aged hot milk,” the social media account Catturd wrote, referring to Petro's live offer to fly Colombian migrants aboard his presidential plane.
“Who wants to tell her that there are other countries that export coffee, not just Colombia,” Bill Essay wrote for the California State Assembly.
Conservative commentator John Cardillo echoed Isaili's sentiments, suggesting that the South American country “should send back illegal aliens.”
“A lot of other countries grow coffee beans. We can buy coffee from them,” Cardillo wrote on X.
Activist Adam Lewis responded to Ocasio-Cortez by insisting that the Democratic politician “doesn’t understand how definitions work.”
Conservative user “Companies will be reluctant to invest in Colombia any further if they continue to be bad actors.”
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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has offered up his private presidential jet to fly deportation flights after Trump threatened the country with tariffs and more. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez's office for additional comment.
Fox News Digital's Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.
