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After days of speculation over exactly what Donald Trump meant when he called on Republicans to "take over" American elections, the commander in chief has clarified that he will accept the 2026 midterm results — but only if they are "honest."

On Wednesday, Trump told NBC News’ Tom Llamas that he will only accept the results of the 2026 midterm elections if they are "honest," and that if he believes they aren't, then "something else has to happen."

He made the comment after Llamas asked him to clarify what he meant when he called to "nationalize" the elections. Under the U.S. Constitution, the states are given the right to oversee elections. The process has limited input from the federal government.

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[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

So, no. No he won’t accept the result unless they rig it. Got it.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 43 points 12 hours ago

Same shit he has said every election for 10 years.

I wish people would cop this dumb fuck's modus operandi by now: he'll called it rigged if he looses, and he's also called it rigged if he doesn't win with 100% of the vote everywhere. Because anything otherwise would send him into a spiral of narcissistic collapse.

[–] alexc@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ask him to define ‘fair’ ahead of time. The man has no idea what the word means

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Fair means that he wins. 2020 was unfair because he didn't win. 2024 was fair because he won.

[–] alexc@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I just want him to clarify that out loud…

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago

2024 was unfair because he didn’t win by a landslide.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 16 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I fully expect him to throw a fit and have to be forcibly removed when it's finally his time to leave the white house.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 9 hours ago

Yep thats the plan.

Yeah that happened the first time too.

[–] canuck666777@lemmy.ca 10 points 14 hours ago

They should be more concerned about what he's going to steal this time around. Whatever stuff he'd be taking with him, he won't be stashing that in his Maralago toilet this time around.

[–] canuck666777@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If the US does not get to have free and fair elections then those guys are so descending into civil war.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

If people know? Maybe

If the outcome of election night is "The results have been disputed. People are just too stupid to fill out a ballot" then the vast majority will lose interest. And then the complicit oligarch owned news media just won't talk about how fuckface and the christofacists picked the results.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

The results will be "honest" if they are good for him.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Not up to him.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

The man doesn't know the meaning of the word honest. Hence why he couldn't prove anything last time.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

For pity's sake, Don, could you please just shut the fuck up for five minutes?!