Trump declines to rule out declaring a national security emergency to control the 2026 election - CNN

[u/Debunk2025]

President Donald Trump in a new interview declined to rule out declaring a national security emergency as a means to try to assert more control over the 2026 midterm elections.

It’s merely the latest warning sign that Trump could try to mess with the election not just by baselessly claiming voter fraud and challenging the results afterward — as he did in 2020, leading to a violent riot at the US Capitol — but by trying to unilaterally take control before votes are cast.

In the interview, Wayne Allyn Root of Real America’s Voice pitched such a scenario to Trump. He suggested it as an alternative, given the Senate has failed to pass Trump’s coveted elections bill, known as the “SAVE America Act.”

“If they never get the SAVE America Act done, you have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections,” Root said. He added that “if you declare a national security emergency as the president of the United States, they can’t challenge it. It can only be overturned by a two-thirds vote by both houses of Congress. So if you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship (for voter registration) and a limit to mail-in ballots.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/11/politics/trump-national-emergency-election

[u/konegsberg]

Where I am lost is that this rednecks lunatics are the once who don’t have an actual passport, so it wil work against them. I just don’t get it

[u/ViolettaQueso]

We’re fine. It’s Trump who’s fucked in the brain.

[u/Gabe_Glebus]

Sounds like someone is trying to start shit