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Honduras is threatening to close American military bases if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his threat of mass deportations.

In a statement on the matter, President Xiomara Castro revealed that officials in the country are considering “a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena,” should the incoming American president enact “unnecessary reprisals against our migrants.” Additionally, any changes in asylum claims or threats of separating families would also be considered grounds to rethink relations between the two countries.

This is among the first threats of retaliation against the incoming administration, who have promised to secure the border and remove hordes of undocumented immigrants that spilled into the country on President Joe Biden’s watch.

The warning came on New Year’s Day, when Castro cautioned the need for a constructive relationship with the United States, pointing out that the country does not pay rent for the military bases in her country.

“Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena, where, without paying a cent for decades, they maintain military bases in our territory, which in this case would lose all reason to exist in Honduras,” she said. “We hope that the new U.S. administration of democratically elected President Donald Trump will be open to dialogue, constructive and friendly, and will not take unnecessary reprisals against our migrants, who normally make a great contribution to the U.S. economy.”

Trump, who has threatened to hit Canada and Mexico with tariffs, may consider doing the same to Honduras if they continue to levy threats against the United States. It is highly unlikely that these threats of retaliation from the Honduran government will sway Trump to change his policy stance, as immigration was one of the top issues voters used to decide their preferred candidate in 2024.

It remains to be seen how the incoming president will respond to Castro’s comments.

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