Trump warns ‘hell to pay’ if Honduras alters presidential election results

President Donald Trump threw himself into the thick of Honduras’ razor-thin presidential race on Monday, warning that there would be “hell to pay” if election officials changed the results.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump, without providing any evidence, accused Honduras of “trying to change the results.”

“If they do that, there will be hell to pay! The people of Honduras voted in overwhelming numbers on November 30,” Trump said.

The president’s comments came hours after Ana Paula Hall, president of the National Electoral Council, wrote on the

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The vote count showed a close race between two conservative candidates, Nasri Asfoura of the National Party and Salvador Nasrallah of the Liberal Party, with Asfoura narrowly ahead by a few hundred votes. Rexy Moncada, LIBRE’s Social Democratic candidate, trailed by about 20 percentage points.

Rexy Moncada, LIBRE candidate, is a prominent lawyer, financier and former Minister of National Defense. (Associated Press)

“It is imperative that the committee finish counting the votes,” Trump wrote. “The votes of hundreds of thousands of Hondurans must be counted. democracy must prevail!”

Officials said the count would continue but did not specify when updated totals would be published, and parts of the council’s online system appeared to have been deleted.

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Just before the freeze, Trump endorsed Asfoura, calling him “the only Honduran candidate his administration will deal with,” and saying he would fight “drug communists” alongside the United States.

Nasri Asfora, presidential candidate for the National Party, shows his finger in ink after voting in the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Both major candidates pointed to the close results as evidence of their progress – although both men stopped short of declaring victory.

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Trump’s announcement of his intention to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is now serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States, also overshadowed the election race, highlighting how American politics can interfere in the country’s politics.

Presidential candidate Salvador Nasrallah, of the Liberal Party, casts his vote during the general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Trump’s latest warning injects new pressures into an already hostile post-election environment. The outcome will determine whether the Latin American country moves away from the ruling Liber Party and will have profound implications for its future relationship with Washington.