Washington Post portrays Colombia as winner in immigration showdown with Trump.

I wonder whether Colombia is "tired of winning."

In “The Godfather, Part II,” it took the killing of a prostitute who was in bed with Sen. Pat Geary to finally get the Nevada Senator to comply with Michael Corleone’s demand that he obtain a gambling license for the Corleones for free and pay the $20,000 licensing fee out of his own pocket. In the case of Colombia, it took the threat of tariffs to get its president, Gustavo Petro, to promptly accept flights carrying illegal immigrants back to Colombia on military aircraft and offer his presidential plane to assist.

Initially, Colombia refused to allow the planes in. But as soon as Trump said he would place massive tariffs on goods from Colombia, Petro reversed course and threw in the presidential plane as a sweetener.

Yet, this was the top-of-the-front-page headline in today’s edition of the Washington Post: “Trump backs off tariffs on Colombia.” Thus did the Post try to make it seem that Trump was the one who backed down in his showdown with Colombia’s president. In reality, of course, it was Petro who flinched — completely and in short order.

The headline of the internet edition of the same Post story is a bit more honest: “Trump backs off trade threats after Colombia agrees to deportation flights.” But that still makes it look like Trump backed down. Heck, even CNN managed to get the headline right: “Colombia backs down on accepting deportees on military planes after Trump’s tariffs threats.”

The Washington Post did not endorse a presidential candidate in last year’s election, and Jennifer Rubin no longer works there. But make no mistake. The Post remains an unabashedly left-liberal, Trump-despising, less than honest organ.

During his first term, Trump used threats of tariffs as leverage on immigration issues against certain countries, but not until late in the day. This time, he’s using it right away.

Trump doesn’t always tell the truth. But when he said during his inaugural address that he’s learned a lot over the past eight years, he wasn’t lying.