Trump Ally Nasry Asfura Takes Office in Honduras

Is Asfura's victory legitimate leadership promising economic revival or an illegitimate narco-dictatorship imposed through fraud?
Trump Ally Nasry Asfura Takes Office in Honduras
Above: Honduras' President Nasry Asfura speaks following his inauguration in Tegucigalpa on Jan. 27, 2026. Image credit: Emilio Flores/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Asfura is the face of an illegitimate narco-dictatorship imposed through colossal electoral fraud and Trump's interference, including threats to cut remittances. His corruption-riddled tenure as mayor, embezzling over $1.5 million, and Trump's pardon of drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández signal the return of criminal networks and privatization schemes that threaten social programs in Honduras.

Right narrative

Honduras finally has legitimate leadership after four years of leftist mismanagement. Asfura's victory, backed by Trump and validated by the absence of credible fraud evidence, promises economic revival through U.S. trade agreements and foreign investment while tackling entrenched drug trafficking and gang violence that plague the nation.


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