José Luis Granados Ceja
Nov 28, 2025

In a social media post Wednesday to his Truth Social site, Trump expressed his support for Nasry “Tito” Asfura of the conservative National Party, while simultaneously taking the opportunity to sharply criticize the other two leading candidates. The boost to Asfura could paradoxically benefit the left-wing candidate, as it may undermine the closest challenger by further splitting votes.

Trump doubled down on his endorsement of Asfura on Friday, suggesting he would withhold U.S. cooperation and aid with Honduras if he did not win and furthermore committed to pardoning former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who sits in federal prison for narcotrafficking. Trump’s pardon of a major narcotrafficker comes as he threatens war with Venezuela and wages a campaign of extrajudicial killing of boats he claims are associated with drug trafficking. Trump’s message mirrors his strategy ahead of Argentina’s legislative elections in October where he offered a 20 billion dollar bailout to the country only if President Javier Milei’s party performed well.