EPISODE · Dec 3, 2025 · 25 MIN
Trump frees one of world's worst drug traffickers - while meddling in foreign elections
from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton
Donald Trump pardoned and freed from prison one of the world's worst drug dealers, the former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), who was convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine and machine guns into the US. Ben Norton explains how the United States has meddled in Honduran elections, backed fraud, and supported a military coup. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKShReciYQ Topics 0:00 Trump pardons notorious drug trafficker 2:16 US support for Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) 2:59 Trump threatens war on Venezuela 5:45 Journalist addresses Trump's drug hypocrisy 7:04 (CLIP) Trump blames Biden for drug arrest 7:36 USA backed Honduran narco-regime 8:01 Coup in Honduras in 2009 9:04 Stolen elections of 2013 & 2017 10:33 Trump meddles in Honduras' 2025 election 14:13 Libre Party alleges fraud 14:59 Result transmission system changes votes 15:26 President Xiomara Castro warned of coup plot 17:03 No official winner declared in election 19:16 Very suspicious results 21:15 US-backed coups and fraud 21:54 US coups in Latin America 22:30 Honduras resists US imperialism 24:54 Outro
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Donald Trump pardoned and freed from prison one of the world's worst drug dealers, the former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), who was convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine and machine guns into the US. Ben Norton explains how the United States has meddled in Honduran elections, backed fraud, and supported a military coup. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKShReciYQ Topics 0:00 Trump pardons notorious drug trafficker 2:16 US support for Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) 2:59 Trump threatens war on Venezuela 5:45 Journalist addresses Trump's drug hypocrisy 7:04 (CLIP) Trump blames Biden for drug arrest 7:36 USA backed Honduran narco-regime 8:01 Coup in Honduras in 2009 9:04 Stolen elections of 2013 & 2017 10:33 Trump meddles in Honduras' 2025 election 14:13 Libre Party alleges fraud 14:59 Result transmission system changes votes 15:26 President Xiomara Castro warned of coup plot 17:03 No official winner declared in election 19:16 Very suspicious results 21:15 US-backed coups and fraud 21:54 US coups in Latin America 22:30 Honduras resists US imperialism 24:54 Outro
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