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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    2 months 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.

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    1 month ago

    The most blatant traitor in American history and America still hasn’t handled him.

    Fucking wild.

    Never in my wildest dreams did I think we were this weak.

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    2 months ago

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

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    2 months ago

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

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    1 month ago

    The most dishonest pedo child eater asking for honesty to concede a win to an opponent

    this flashy ass crack really has audacity

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    If you need to mention elections “being honest”, you want to skew them in some way in your favor eg. “I will only accept, if I win.” Like, dude, just fuck off already. You cant run for the third term anyways.

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    1 month ago

    luckily the president has no role in accepting the results. Ill only accept them if they are actually honest rather than trumpy honest and are not “nationalized”

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    He doesnt have the authority to “not accept” an election. Who cares what he thinks about elections. The states conduct the elections, not him. He can go eff himself.

    Media companies need to point this out in their headlines. They are misleading people into thinking his opinions matters.