D: South Florida is a top destination for imports from Colombia, including the big business of flowers ahead of the holiday. But a lightning trade war between the two nations that erupted on Sunday appeared to have been averted overnight.

The two world leaders are at odds with each other after Colombia turned away two U.S. military aircraft carrying migrants who are being deported.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked President Donald Trump to sit down with him and talk things over a glass of whiskey, called him an outright racist in rambling social media posts and pledged to never yield to Washington’s pressure even if the economic sanctions being threatened led to his overthrow.

Trump is scheduled to speak Monday morning in Florida at the House GOP retreat. Here’s the latest from his administration as he heads into his second week in office.

Colombia Is Traditionally A Very, Very Strong-Willed Country’: Trump Champions Tariff Threat In remarks to House Republicans in Miami, Florida, President Trump touted his threat of tariffs to get Colombia to accept deportees.

Colombia has denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department. The flights, carried out on U.S. military C-17 aircraft, were carrying about 80 Colombian migrants each and had departed from California, the defense official told NBC News.

The White House is claiming victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.

President Trump announced on Sunday that he would impose 25% import tariffs on Colombia, the source of the majority of fresh-cut flower imports into the United States.

When President Donald Trump announced immediate reprisals against Colombia on Sunday after President Gustavo Petro refused to allow two U.S. military flights carrying deported Colombian migrants to land in the South American nation,

Two U.S. Air Force cargo planes with deportees prompted a brief diplomatic crisis between Colombia and the U.S.

South Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of people with roots in Colombia, according to federal government data, underscoring the longstanding and deep ties between the region and the South American country.