Trump Meddles in Honduran Election & Vows to Pardon Ex-President Jailed in U.S. for Drug Trafficking
Trump’s Threat to Pardon Drug Trafficker JOH Amid Honduran Election Interference
Uncover how Donald Trump weaponized a potential presidential pardon to influence Honduran elections and undermined the US justice system's drug trafficking convictions.
Short Summary
- [00:00:08] Trump announced plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), convicted of trafficking tons of cocaine.
- [00:00:56] Rodolfo Pastor details how Trump threatened Honduras with "vengeance" if they rejected his preferred conservative candidate.
- [00:14:09] Dana Frank argues this action constitutes an outrageous subversion of the rule of law within the United States itself.
- [00:09:28] US intervention in Honduran politics, dating back to the 2009 coup, remains a consistent factor shaping the nation's governance.
This discussion analyzes the implications of Donald Trump’s explicit intervention in the Honduran presidential election, focusing on his threat to pardon convicted narco-president Juan Orlando Hernández. Guests critique this move as a deliberate act of blackmail, revealing profound contradictions in US drug war rhetoric and exposing deep-seated US involvement in Honduran political instability.
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Top Comments (10)
This is what a government run by corporate criminals looks like!
The day trump goes to prison will be an international holiday.
So much for ridding the US of illegal drugs, huh?!
Let’s see if I understand what’s going on, DJT is currently killing Venezuelan “narco terrorists” in international waters, while simultaneously pardoning one of the biggest narco dealers in recent history. Make this make sense!
We hondurans feel insulted and humiliated by Trump' threats to pardon Juan Orlando. If he wants to combat drugs, he needs to start by dismantling the drug dealers and drug cartels in the US. Trump is only contributing in deepening divisions in our population, in our organizations and even in our families.
I guess the drug traffickers had more money than the oil men in Venezuela to pay the bribes.
excellent & insightful interview. Goes to show what is happening in Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs or else the former Honduran President wouldn't be pardon for the same thing.
Why should he be pardon? All those drugs and he wants to pardon him. What is going on here?
One load can kill a million and kills a few thousands.
Un añde las consejeras cossete Lopez que maneja el conteo del voto del consejo ncional electoral, tuvo una relacion amorosa con juan Orlando hernandez de esa relcion tuvieron una hija,y ella contrato la empresa que lleva el conteo de los votos,solo hay que sacar conclusiones
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Top Comments (10)
This is what a government run by corporate criminals looks like!
The day trump goes to prison will be an international holiday.
So much for ridding the US of illegal drugs, huh?!
Let’s see if I understand what’s going on, DJT is currently killing Venezuelan “narco terrorists” in international waters, while simultaneously pardoning one of the biggest narco dealers in recent history. Make this make sense!
We hondurans feel insulted and humiliated by Trump' threats to pardon Juan Orlando. If he wants to combat drugs, he needs to start by dismantling the drug dealers and drug cartels in the US. Trump is only contributing in deepening divisions in our population, in our organizations and even in our families.
I guess the drug traffickers had more money than the oil men in Venezuela to pay the bribes.
excellent & insightful interview. Goes to show what is happening in Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs or else the former Honduran President wouldn't be pardon for the same thing.
Why should he be pardon? All those drugs and he wants to pardon him. What is going on here?
One load can kill a million and kills a few thousands.
Un añde las consejeras cossete Lopez que maneja el conteo del voto del consejo ncional electoral, tuvo una relacion amorosa con juan Orlando hernandez de esa relcion tuvieron una hija,y ella contrato la empresa que lleva el conteo de los votos,solo hay que sacar conclusiones