Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) defended President Donald Trump’s decision. decision to forgive Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández.

In March 2024, Hernández was found guilty of drug and weapons trafficking. for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, he was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Hernández served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022.

Appearing Sunday in “State of the Union,Host Dana Bash asked if Mullin thought it was a “good idea” for Trump to be “threatening Venezuela and [Venezuelan President Nicolás] Maduro” and at the same time promised to forgive Hernández who “intentionally poisoned Americans with drugs.”

“I was not involved in the conversations that [Trump] “I had with the president of Honduras at the time,” the Oklahoma senator responded. “I think there’s probably good faith being spread here.”

Mullin pointed to Trump’s Truth Social post on Friday, in which he announced his decision to pardon Hernandez. telling his more than 11 million followers that “according to many people I respect a lot,” the former president was “treated very harshly and unfairly.”

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential race, backed the president's decision to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential race, backed the president’s decision to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.

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“There was a direct message [in the post]” Mullin told Bash. “I guarantee you that the president’s foreign affairs approach is being very effective around the world.”

He then attacked former President Joe Biden, claiming that Trump’s approach to international relations is “much better than the Biden administration.”

“That’s why world leaders come every day, wanting to visit [Trump]” Mullin said. “That’s why the president can stop eight foreign wars, and hopefully nine, if we can negotiate a deal between Ukraine and Russia.”

Stating that all “world leaders respect [Trump]”, he continued, “what the president does is always calculated.”

Mullin said he has not yet had “a direct conversation with the president about it,” before adding: “But I do trust his natural reaction and his approach to foreign affairs because we can see that it has been very, very effective.”

Watch Mullin’s interview on “The State of the Union” below.

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