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Tanmay Puri

Donald Trump Could Use 'National Emergency' To Cancel Midterm Elections, Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims

Can President Donald Trump call a national emergency? (Credit: Donald J. Trump, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

In a startling and controversial statement, former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has disclosed that President Donald Trump could declare a 'national emergency' as a pretext to cancel or delay the US midterm elections scheduled for November 2026.

Greene's remarks, made in response to rumours, have led to new discussion about the limits of executive power in the United States and the health of American democracy.

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