Donald Trump has refused to rule out declaring a national security emergency over the 2026 elections, in his latest sinister threat to interfere with November’s midterms.
Amid growing GOP fears that Democrats could regain control of Congress, paving the way for the president to be investigated and potentially impeached, Trump has hinted that he could invoke extraordinary powers to meddle in the process.
The threat came during a post-midnight interview on right-wing network Real America’s Voice, when host and conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root told Trump he had the “right” to declare a national security emergency if the Senate can’t pass his signature election bill, the SAVE Act.
The Act, which remains stalled in the Senate, would impose new identification restrictions on voting and curb mail-in ballots, but critics view it as another attempt at voter suppression.
“If they never get the SAVE America Act done, you have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections,” Root told Trump, citing a 1983 Supreme Court ruling that he claimed would make it hard for such a move to be overturned without a two-thirds vote in Congress.
“If you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail-in ballots.”
Trump replied ominously.
“Let me just say, stranger things have happened,” the 80-year-old said. “I’ll leave it at that.”
The U.S. Constitution makes clear that states administer elections and any attempt to expand federal control would certainly be challenged in the courts.
Trump is not going to try to steal the midterms, he is already actively rigging elections with gerrymandering and voter intimidation. We have to stop him.
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