{"id":6110,"date":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6110"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","slug":"trumps-address-is-likely-to-cast-new-cloud-over-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6110","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s address is likely to cast new cloud over midterm elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump has passed up multiple chances to explain to Americans how his latest escalation will win the war in Iran or how he\u2019ll alleviate their perpetually high costs for groceries, housing and fuel.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6100\">Trump says Iran has released American woman detained since 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Now he\u2019s planning to anchor a national address Thursday evening on a personal fixation about the past \u2014 his false claim that he won the 2020 election.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Critics fear this is all part of a quickening effort to buckle trust in voting systems and to create a pretext to use federal powers to sway November\u2019s midterm elections. It would not be the first time that this president \u2014 who convention states should seek to bolster American democracy \u2014 has instead undermined it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get bigger, because without free and fair elections, you don\u2019t have a country,\u201d the president said Wednesday as he previewed his speech. \u201cWe\u2019ll be discussing other things too, but it\u2019s going to be a very big announcement.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump\u2019s rising drumbeat of warnings is broadening unease that he\u2019s not just recycling claims about the 2020 election that were debunked by multiple courts, state Republicans and even his first-term administration. Trump, as he has in the past, seems to be building a fallback narrative if the Republican Party fares poorly in November and to portray any election that he doesn\u2019t win, as, by definition, unfair.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            No one outside the White House knows what the president will say on Thursday. But there\u2019s no credible sign yet that he has compelling new evidence of voter fraud that would contradict an overwhelming body of evidence that the 2020 election was fair or countless academic studies finding that major irregularities are very rare in US elections.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But Trump\u2019s speech may confirm a familiar pattern. In 2016, 2020, and 2024, as voting neared, he stepped up efforts to cast doubt on the fairness of elections. In 2020, this morphed into active election interference after he refused to concede to Joe Biden and sought to overturn the result without evidence. His campaign culminated in a riot by his supporters intended to thwart the certification of the president-elect\u2019s win, during which police officers were beaten and the US Capitol was desecrated.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In one of the first acts of his second term, Trump pardoned or commuted sentences for hundreds convicted in connection with January 6, 2021, sending a message that election violence or attempts to subvert democracy on his behalf were acceptable and above the law.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte attends a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 24, in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-6106\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/96dbbcd7482811c2dfc0fc6f89412d60.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/96dbbcd7482811c2dfc0fc6f89412d60.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/96dbbcd7482811c2dfc0fc6f89412d60-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte attends a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 24, in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Alarm bells are ringing again, partly because of the role of Trump\u2019s interim director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, whom the president implied was sent to the top spy agency to find evidence about \u201crigged elections.\u201d The FBI has meanwhile been investigating 2020 elections in Georgia, a state Trump lost, after seizing boxes of election materials. That election was deemed free and fair multiple times by GOP state officials following forensic audits.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Nationwide, the administration has been demanding voter rolls, raising fears it intends to infringe the constitutional mandate that states, not the federal government, oversee elections. Trump is also making every domestic priority subordinate to his pressure on Republicans to pass the \u201cSAVE America Act,\u201d which, while containing reforms on requiring voter ID \u2014 which many citizens support \u2014 also threatens to make voting harder, curtail registration and narrow the franchise for minority voters. It could also give Trump more power to interfere in national elections.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the past, US intelligence agencies have concluded that foreign states and actors have tried to influence US elections. But pro-democracy groups fear that Trump\u2019s team will use such evidence out of context to suggest there was active and successful interference to hurt Trump.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Ben Berwick, who leads the Election Law and Litigation Team for Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group, expects the president to recycle his repeatedly debunked claims about the 2020 election on Wednesday evening. \u201cI think there\u2019s no doubt that a major piece of what is happening is really an intent to sow doubt about the 2026 election,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-6107\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/752b57b5fd836610d7f1c54cd22bba9d.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/752b57b5fd836610d7f1c54cd22bba9d.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/752b57b5fd836610d7f1c54cd22bba9d-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Win McNamee\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Administration officials insist their only goal is to secure elections. \u201cThe work that we\u2019re doing is to make sure that we have fair and honest elections,\u201d Trump\u2019s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said in his confirmation hearing Wednesday. Blanche said the goal is to ensure \u201cthat the only people voting are the people who are eligible to vote and that they\u2019re only voting once.\u201d Still, one reason some voters may be having doubts about the integrity of US democracy is that Trump and his supporters have spent so much time trashing it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump officials know the price for entry to his inner circle \u2014 accepting the false orthodoxy that he won in 2020. The latest official to dodge an unequivocal statement that Biden was rightfully elected was Jay Clayton, during his confirmation hearing Wednesday to be director of national intelligence. \u201cI believe he had the most electoral votes,\u201d Clayton said of Biden.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6096\">Vance says Trump administration \u2018screwed up\u2019 communications around Epstein files<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            When officials adopt such formulations they are ignoring facts and evidence, which raises questions about how they\u2019d act if the president seeks again to overturn the result of a democratic election.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The US government\u2019s own election security agencies under the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council concluded during Trump\u2019s first administration that the 2020 election was \u201cthe most secure in American history\u201d and that \u201cthere is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Texas Sen. John Cornyn after speaking at a news conference at the JW Marriott in Austin on May 26.\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/787c88aa8b6982149ea17d3fdcfe229a.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/787c88aa8b6982149ea17d3fdcfe229a.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/787c88aa8b6982149ea17d3fdcfe229a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Texas Sen. John Cornyn after speaking at a news conference at the JW Marriott in Austin on May 26.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Brandon Bell\/Getty Images North America\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n        Republicans are frustrated Trump won\u2019t speak about what matters to voters \n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Trump\u2019s refusal to move on infuriates many Republicans, even if most are loath to speak out publicly against a president who still commands the grassroots MAGA base. Republican Sen. John Cornyn, however, has a measure of freedom after losing his primary in Texas to a Trump-endorsed rival. \u201cI, frankly, am more concerned about the upcoming midterm elections than I am \u2026 what happened in 2020, and obviously election integrity is very important. But I personally don\u2019t see any point in relitigating an election that occurred six years ago,\u201d Cornyn said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But Trump finds it impossible to drive a consistent electoral message. He rarely mounts an effective campaign around a domestic policy bill that handed many Americans higher tax refunds and temporarily reduced taxes on tips and overtime. Nor does he spend much time touting efforts to make prescription drugs more affordable through his TrumpRX website. When the White House schedules a trip to discuss affordability \u2014 the key 2026 election issue \u2014 Trump often deliberately ditches the script. He\u2019d rather talk about his construction of an architectural legacy in the White House complex and around DC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Concern that he may seek an illegitimate way to boost Republicans in the midterms is also rising because a clutch of gathering political crises threaten to dampen Republicans\u2019 prospects. The stakes are huge: If Democrats win back one chamber of Congress, they will have the power to subject the president\u2019s second term and personal financial arrangements to unprecedented oversight.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The unpopular Iran war is raging again, confounding Trump\u2019s claims that he won it within days of its February launch and renewing the risk of soaring gasoline prices that anger voters. Several recent deaths linked to immigration raids by federal agents are reminding the country how much it dislikes one of Trump\u2019s cornerstone policies. And while he mocks the idea that millions of Americans are struggling to afford the basics of daily life, he\u2019s added $2 billion in personal wealth since returning to office.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The latest polling reflects Trump\u2019s worsening political position. A Reuters\/Ipsos poll completed Sunday found 79% of respondents think US military involvement in the war will \u201cgo on for an extended period of time,\u201d up from 65% in late March. A PBS\/NPR\/Marist poll in June found only 33% of Americans approve of Trump\u2019s handling of the economy. If immigration recaptures the headlines, that might also be bad news for Trump. A Marquette Law School poll in May showed voters had an unfavorable view of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency by 61%-36%.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump looks on after speaking during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-6109\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/be3f805f3c52d00e730b6d1ff89d3903-768x498.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/be3f805f3c52d00e730b6d1ff89d3903-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/be3f805f3c52d00e730b6d1ff89d3903-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/be3f805f3c52d00e730b6d1ff89d3903.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>US President Donald Trump looks on after speaking during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Mandel Ngan\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n<strong>Why the 2020 election fixation may alienate voters <\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Trump has made no secret of his admiration for strongman leaders. His opponents fear he may take a page from the playbook of authoritarians who erode democratic societies when their popularity wanes.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat whose 2020 election has been the source of rumors on conservative media sites in relation to Trump\u2019s speech, hit on this potential political motivation for Trump\u2019s speech this week. \u201cPrivately, most elected Republicans in this building think the president has lost it and is dooming them to dismal losses this fall,\u201d Ossoff told reporters Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Ossoff also had a heated exchange with Clayton over the administration\u2019s new election probe in the hearing on Wednesday. His keenness to engage on this issue implies that he sees it as a losing one for his Trump-backed opponent. \u201cMike Collins launched his general election campaign doubling down on his 2020 election denials. Now he not only has to defend doubling health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, he has to defend these conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that Georgia voters have rejected time and time again,\u201d Ossoff said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            On one level, Trump\u2019s address may come to be seen as symptomatic of his tendency to pursue his own narrow interests in a second term that appears rather remote from the concerns of millions of voters.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            On another, it is likely to fuel fresh questions about how Trump would respond to another GOP electoral loss after spending years arguing his last defeat was illegitimate.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6094\">Takeaways from Blanche and Clayton hearings: Fund for Trump allies and 2020 election at the forefront<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president\u2019s speech Thursday evening will likely center on his false claim that he won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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