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President Donald Trump On Monday, he jumped into the thick of Honduras' presidential race, warning there would be a “hell price” to pay if election officials changed the results.
In an article for Truth Social, Trump, without providing evidence, accused Honduras of “trying to change the results.”
“If they do this, there will be hell to pay! The people of Honduras voted overwhelmingly on November 30th,” Trump said.
The president's remarks came hours after Ana Paola Hall, president of the National Electoral Council, wrote on X that the preliminary rapid reporting system, which began producing results on Sunday evening, had reached its conclusion with 57% of the votes counted.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House on November 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Their count showed close race between two conservative candidatesNasri Asfoura of the National Party and Salvador Nasrallah of the Liberal Party, with Asfoura having a slight lead of just a few hundred votes. Rixie Moncada, LIBRE's Democratic Socialist candidate, trailed by about 20 percentage points.
Rixie Moncada, LIBRE candidate, is a renowned lawyer, financier and former Secretary of National Defense. (Associated Press)
“It is necessary for the Commission to complete vote counting“,” Trump wrote. “The votes of hundreds of thousands of Hondurans must be counted. Democracy must triumph!”
Officials said the count would continue but did not say when updated totals would be released, and parts of the council's online system appeared to be down.
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Shortly before the freeze, Trump endorsed Asfura, calling him “the only Honduran candidate his administration will work with” and saying he would fight the “narco-communists” with the United States.
Nasri Asfura, presidential candidate of the National Party, shows his tattooed finger after voting in the general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Both leading candidates pointed to the close result as evidence they were ahead, although both fell short of declaring victory.
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Trump's statement that he will pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandezwho is now serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US, also had major implications for the election race, highlighting how US politics can interfere with the country's politics.
Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party shows his ballot during the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Trump's latest warning puts new pressure on an already hostile post-election situation. The result will determine whether the Latin American country breaks away from the ruling LIBRE party and will have a profound impact on its future relations with Washington.
