Colombia did an about-face at lightning-fast speed on accepting deportation flights in what President Donald Trump hailed as a victory for his "f--- around and find out" [FAFO] style of governing.

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S., hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs.

The episode suggests President Donald Trump is willing to threaten other countries with tariffs and sanctions if his deportation plans are obstructed.

Colombia stopped resisting President Donald Trump’s deportation of its unwanted nationals. But America First bullying may yet provoke a backlash. The row casts a pall over the first trip abroad by Marco Rubio,

Trump had threated to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Colombia, which would rise to 50% in a week, unless it agreed to accept deported migrants.

Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being returned on military planes, after a flurry of threats from President Donald Trump that included steep tariffs.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro ended their public tit for tat that began when military planes with migrants were blocked, a disagreement that veered into tariff threats on both sides.

Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.

A deportation arrangement with Colombia that the White House presented as a total victory for Donald Trump looks less clear two days later.The migrants the US tried to deport by US military flights on Sunday started traveling home on Monday on a Colombian air force plane,

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said France should follow U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline stance toward countries unwilling to receive deportees, citing his pressure on Colombia as a model for Paris' dealings with Algeria.

At this pace, the newly inaugurated Republican president should be able to alienate just about every other country on the planet by, say, mid-summer.