USA interferes in election
Just minutes later, Trump’s husband spoke up
Updated 12/25/2025 – 2:22 amReading time: 5 minutes
Honduras has been fighting for weeks over the outcome of the presidential elections. Then suddenly the result comes. A few minutes later, the Trump administration contacted us.
For weeks after the presidential elections, Honduras remained in a power vacuum. The Central American country was rocked by protests after a chaotic election. Then the US President intervened once again. Now the candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura, supported by Donald Trump, has actually been declared the winner of the election. The opposition is outraged and has already announced its resistance.
According to the electoral authority in the capital Tegucigalpa, the right-wing populist Asfura received 40.3 percent of the vote, ahead of Salvador Nasralla with 39.5 percent. The candidate from the left-wing ruling party Libre, Rixi Moncada, came a distant third (19.19 percent). However, the decision was only approved by two of the three electoral council members, further fueling the dispute over the close result.
The Central American country voted on November 30th. Before the ballot, Trump called for Asfura to be elected.
After the election, Trump attacked the election authority when it spoke of a “technical tie” between Asfura and Nasralla based on initial results. “It looks like Honduras is trying to change the outcome of the presidential election,” Trump said, without providing evidence to support his accusation. Nasralla later called for a vote recount due to alleged irregularities.
On Wednesday, Electoral Commission President Ana Paola Hall said Asfura had been elected to a four-year term. Just a few minutes after the announcement, the US government took a stand. Washington is looking forward to working with the new Honduran government, said a statement from Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “to advance our bilateral and regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States and strengthen economic ties between our two countries.” Given the lengthy and chaotic election counting process, Rubio called on all sides “to respect the certified results so that the Honduran authorities can quickly ensure a peaceful transition of power.”
US President Trump had previously interfered massively in the election campaign. He described Asfura as the “only true friend of freedom” in Honduras and threatened to cut off US financial aid if he didn’t win. Trump also pardoned former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking and weapons possession. Experts say Trump’s support is part of his push to form a conservative bloc in Latin America.
