Trump Warns Honduras Government Against Altering Election Results

According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing ⁣Fox News, U.S. President Donald ‌Trump has‌ directly intervened in HondurasS presidential⁢ election,warning⁤ that altering the‌ results in favor of the country’s leftist ruling party would have serious ⁣consequences.

Trump wrote ​on the social media platform Truth Social: “The people of ⁣Honduras voted widely ⁣on November 30 and‍ their votes​ must‌ be counted with respect ⁤for democracy. Changing their votes will come at a heavy​ cost.”

Approximately 57 percent of ballots have​ been ‌counted so far, with Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura‌ from the National Party and ‌Salvador Nasralla​ from the Liberal party ‌leading by only a few hundred votes. Rixi Moncada, representing the ruling Libre Party,‍ trails ⁤by about 20 percent ⁢in third place.

Trump ⁢had‍ previously endorsed Asfura as his sole approved candidate and promised that alongside the United ⁢States, he would fight against “narco-communists.” He⁢ also ⁤announced plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan ‍Orlando Hernández,⁣ who was sentenced to 45 years in prison in the U.S.

International experts characterize ⁣Trump’s open support for one candidate and ​threats towards leftists to boycott as direct interference ⁣in Honduras’s election process.