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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) praised Honduran counterpart Nasry Asfura, whom helium endorsed connected the run trail, pursuing a gathering astatine his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Mr. Asfura, a blimpish businessman and erstwhile Mayor of Honduran superior Tegucigalpa, was sworn successful past week aft winning November elections with Mr. Trump's backing.
Mr. Trump had threatened to chopped assistance to Central America's poorest state if his "friend" was defeated.
"I had a precise important gathering with my friend, and the President of Honduras, Nasry 'Tito' Asfura," Mr. Trump wrote connected his Truth Social platform.
"Once I gave him my beardown Endorsement, helium won his Election! Tito and I stock galore of the aforesaid America First Values. We person a adjacent concern connected Security."
He said the brace discussed concern and commercialized betwixt the 2 nations.
Mr. Asfura is acceptable to talk to media astir the talks connected Sunday (February 8, 2026).
The Honduran presidency released a photograph of the 2 leaders smiling and giving a thumbs up.
Mr. Asfura already met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected January 12, aft which the 2 countries announced plans for a escaped commercialized deal.
His triumph gave Mr. Trump different state successful Latin America aft conservatives campaigning heavy connected transgression and corruption replaced leftists successful Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina.
Mr. Trump has been pressuring countries successful Washington's backyard to take betwixt adjacent ties with Washington oregon Beijing.
Mr. Asfura, who succeeded left-wing person Xiomara Castro, has said helium is considering switching diplomatic ties from China to the self-ruled land of Taiwan.
On the eve of the Honduran election, Mr. Trump successful a astonishment determination pardoned erstwhile President Juan Orlando Hernandez, from Mr. Asfura's party, who was serving a 45-year situation condemnation successful the U.S. for cause trafficking.
Hernandez was convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
Mr. Trump's determination to pardon him, adjacent arsenic U.S. forces were blowing up alleged cause boats successful the Caribbean and tightening the noose connected Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, whom Washington accuses of cause trafficking, drew dense criticism.
