US President Trump expressed his support for Honduran presidential candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura, who is of Palestinian descent, on a post in Truth Social on Friday.
Trump stated that "democracy is on trial in the coming Elections in the beautiful country of Honduras on November 30th," and that the elections could determine if "Maduro and his Narcoterrorists take over another country as they have taken over Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela."
"The man who is standing up for Democracy and fighting against Maduro is Tito Asfura, the Presidential Candidate of the National Party. Tito was the highly successful Mayor of Tegucigalpa, where he brought running water to millions and paved hundreds of kilometers of roads," Trump wrote and added: "His chief opponent is Rixi Moncada, who says Fidel Castro is her idol."
Trump also called the third option, Salvador Nasralla, a "borderline Communist," who "helped Xiomara Castro by running as her Vice President. He won and helped Castro win. Then he resigned, and is now pretending to be an anti-Communist only for the purposes of splitting Asfura’s vote."
Asfura leads the country's Partido Nacional party.
Nasralla is from the Partido Liberal de Honduras, is of Palestinian descent, and is running for a fourth consecutive term in the country's presidential election.
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In a subsequent post, Trump wrote that "Tito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras!"
"If Tito Asfura wins for President of Honduras, because the United States has so much confidence in him, his Policies, and what he will do for the Great People of Honduras, we will be very supportive," Trump wrote.
He also discussed former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US after his conviction on drug trafficking and firearms charges, according to Reuters. "Additionally, I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly," Trump promised.
Hernandez is also one of the first world leaders to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem, which he did in 2021 during the government of former prime minister Naftali Bennett.