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.

President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro defended their views on social media and imposed tariffs on each other’s goods.

After a day of drama, President Donald Trump paused steep retaliatory tariffs that he had threatened against Colombia after the South American nation agreed to accept military deportation flights from the U.

The White House said on Sunday that it would hold off on the tariffs, saying Colombia had "agreed to all of President Trump's terms."

Hours after threatening punitive tariffs, the White House said Colombia agreed to accept deported migrants and lifted the threat of new levies.

President Donald Trump is issuing tariffs on Colombia after two repatriation flights of undocumented migrants were not allowed to land in Colombia, according to a Sunday post from the president on his Truth Social network.

Gustavo Petro said the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

President Donald Trump posted threats against Colombia on his social media platform on Sunday after two U.S. military repatriation flights were prevented from landing.

President Trump announced stiff tariffs on Colombian imports for denying the entry of U.S. military deportation flights carrying migrants.

It comes after Colombian President Gustavo Petro denied entry to US military planes carrying deported migrants.

The president says he ordered tariffs and other sanctions on Colombia after it barred US military flights carrying deported migrants.