Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro traded threats on Wednesday as the United States announced its first strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Pacific Ocean, killing two.

Deploying a carrier is a significant move for any White House, and often suggests larger scale military operations. The arrival of the U.S.S. Gerald Ford, the Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier,

Trump has in recent days vowed to continue the attacks on boats believed to be smuggling narcotics into the U.S. and has even suggested the strikes could expand to land targets. Some nine strikes have been carried out on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Colombia's leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump's anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in aid Thursday.