{"id":129508,"date":"2026-07-17T11:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129508"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:35:00","slug":"trump-revives-sweeping-election-fraud-claims-ahead-of-us-midterms-accuses-china-of-meddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129508\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump revives sweeping election fraud claims ahead of US midterms, accuses China of meddling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON(National Times)- United States President Donald Trump on Thursday revived sweeping and unsupported claims of voter fraud and Chinese meddling \u2014 firing a clear warning shot ahead of midterm elections that many expect him to dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a primetime White House address, Trump portrayed the US electoral system as dangerously exposed and urged lawmakers to adopt new restrictions on voting, despite scant appetite for the measures even within his own Republican Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can never watch a stolen election again,\u201d Trump said, referring to his 2020 defeat by Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said he was declassifying intelligence that showed, among other things, that China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOver a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People\u2019s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history,\u201d he said from the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also claimed that more than 250,000 non-US citizens were registered to vote in four states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then attacked US broadcasters that refused to interrupt programming to carry his speech live, naming&nbsp;<em>ABC<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>NBC<\/em>&nbsp;and baselessly implying they were involved in election-rigging attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey and others in the media are part of a plot,\u201d Trump said. \u201cFraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s claim that the 2020 election was \u201crigged\u201d has never been substantiated. More than 60 lawsuits produced no ruling establishing fraud capable of changing the outcome, while recounts, audits and his own Justice Department found none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016135\/trump-revives-sweeping-election-fraud-claims-ahead-of-us-midterms-accuses-china-of-meddling#unsupported-claims\"><\/a>\u2018Unsupported\u2019 claims<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had promised \u201cbig news\u201d on election security, but analysts said much of the address repackaged old or unsupported material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rick Hasen, an election law expert at UCLA in California, called it the \u201csame old unsupported, and surprisingly weak, claims of American election vulnerabilities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a tired speech with recycled and debunked claims,\u201d Hasen said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it changes anything with how American elections will be run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump devoted little time to issues voters appear more focused on, including the Iran war and the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats accused Trump of trying to undermine confidence ahead of November\u2019s midterms, in which Republicans fear his unpopularity could cost them control of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrat Dick Durbin called the speech \u201ca dangerous attempt to resurrect disproven lies to undermine future elections before a single vote is cast\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said the speech appeared intended to build a case for declaring an election emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think tonight\u2019s speech is intended to add to the predicate that he needs to declare an emergency at or about the time of the elections,\u201d Cobb told&nbsp;<em>PBS<\/em>, adding that he believed immigration officers at polling places were a \u201cvirtual certainty\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has been pushing lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act ahead of the midterms, but the measure has little appetite even in his own party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote \u2014 already required under existing law in federal and state elections \u2014 and photo identification at polling places, while imposing new limits on mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has never accepted his 2020 defeat. Months after the election, he urged supporters to Washington before a mob stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump could face a third impeachment trial if Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives. He was impeached twice in his first term, including for alleged incitement of the January 6 attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His last major televised address to the nation came on April 1, when he gave his first full public justification of the Iran war more than a month after the US-Israeli military campaign began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON(National Times)- United States President Donald Trump on Thursday revived sweeping and unsupported claims of voter fraud and Chinese meddling \u2014 firing a clear warning shot ahead of midterm elections that many expect him to dispute. 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