Published Jul 19, 2026, 7:00 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source

Trump is invoking foreign election interference to justify his own

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Trump is invoking foreign election interference to justify his own

There is a version of this country in which Donald Trump tells Americans the truth he has been handed: that their elections are secure. Once, he apparently wanted to. The Atlantic reported after Thursday night’s address that a February 2020 election-security briefing pleased Trump so much he wanted to announce the news himself. The press conference never happened. The election did, and Trump lost it. More than six years later, he mocked the assurances he once wanted his name on, describing a sys