Nov 29, 2025
Trump just announced he’s going to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández
former president of Honduras.
Convicted of taking cartel money and moving literal tons of cocaine into the U.S.
Meanwhile, his administration has spent months blowing up small boats
in the Caribbean in the name of “drug interdiction.”
So let’s be clear
Small traffickers get lethal-force raids.
A narco-president gets a political favor.
This was never about drugs.
It’s about power, loyalty, and who the rules actually apply to.
When the U.S. torches traffickers at sea but frees the president who moved tons of cocaine, the hypocrisy stops being subtle and starts bein
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