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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
George Chidi

How Trump could undermine the midterms

Yellow caution tape crosses in front of a voting booth with an American flag and 'VOTE' sign
‘It’s reckless that the president will continue to do what he’s doing, and that the folks around him will continue to let him do what he’s doing.’ Photograph: Portland Press Herald/Getty Images

When Donald Trump commandeered primetime US television last Thursday, he delivered a familiar, but still extraordinary, message. The president argued once again that the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, were illegitimate.

US elections are “vulnerable to being rigged and stolen”, Trump alleged, claiming that “the trust of the American people was lost” when he was defeated.

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