US President Donald Trump speaks at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on July 15, 2026.
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President Donald Trump will home in on alleged threats to the integrity of U.S. elections in a primetime address to the nation set for Thursday at 9 p.m. ET.
It would hardly be his first time doing so. Trump has continuously claimed to be the victim of a “rigged” and “stolen” election since his loss to former President Joe Biden nearly six years earlier, and he has made similar claims about more recent contests that Republicans lost.
Trump’s decision to give his election claims the spotlight treatment coincides with multi-level efforts by the president and his allies to reshape U.S. elections ahead of the November midterms. Polls show Democrats are favored to retake the U.S. House amid Trump’s slumping popularity.
Trump is expected to repeat his false claims about the 2020 presidential results, while alleging foreign adversaries, including China, have engaged in election influence operations, administration officials told MS NOW.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that news outlets are “misreporting” what Trump’s speech will entail. But she hinted that Trump will make claims about U.S. election security.
“The president will be making a very important announcement with respect to the integrity of our elections,” she told reporters at the White House.
“We should have...
President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, is scheduled to give a primetime address Thursday night on election integrity. The remarks come as his war ...