American troops, when stationed abroad, spend a lot of money. They buy local merchandise, they eat at local dining establishments, and believe you me, in nations where it's a thing, they drink in local watering holes. Locals may approve or disapprove of the presence of American service members, but they will surely take their money.

So when the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, warns that the incoming Trump administration's deportation plans could cause her to order American troops out of Honduras, that warning rings a little hollow.

The president of Honduras has threatened to force the U.S. military out of the country if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his forthcoming mass deportation.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro warned in a television broadcast message this week that she could decide to have the United States haul out its service members from the Central American country if Trump tries to deport Hondurans with criminal histories back to their home 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,” Castro said during the Wednesday broadcast.

The U.S., Castro said, maintains military bases in Honduras “without paying a cent for decades,” though the country receives significant foreign aid from the U.S.

Take note of that last sentence quoted here: "...though the country receives significant foreign aid from the U.S.," as I'll be revisiting that.

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Now, let's take a stab at constructing the incoming Trump administration's response:

"Fine, fine, President Castro. Go ahead and decree that all American forces should withdraw from your country, and we'll pull them out. We will close the 10 bases we have in Honduras and bring home our 600+ service members. We'll pull out all the money they spend in your economy. There will be no more American service members buying local merchandise, dining in local restaurants, or spending any of their pay in any way in Honduras. Oh, and we will be cutting off the roughly $175 million annually in foreign aid to Honduras, as well. We are deporting people who are in the country illegally, and who have committed crimes in our nation or their nation of origin, including Honduras. We are sending these criminals back to you, where they belong, in your country, not ours. Your terms are acceptable; we will remove our people, we will cut off American aid to your nation, and regardless of what else happens, we will return your people to your country."

Of course, I have no idea what the incoming Trump administration's response will be, but I would not be in the least surprised if it is not along these lines.

The simple fact is that Honduras needs us far more than we need them. Honduras' Pres. Castro has no leverage here. She is almost certainly posturing for the sake of her people, but that is all it is; if Donald Trump, on January 20th, makes a quick call to her outlining what I have proposed above, she will back down. And Tom "The Hammer" Homan will start sending lawbreaking Hondurans who are illegally in the United States back to where they belong - in Honduras.