“President Trump will deliver an important speech to the nation about ensuring the integrity of our elections, and we urge every American to tune in,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
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Previous hints from D. Trump suggest that in his speech he will likely return to previously repeated unproven claims about Republican losses, especially his own defeat in the 2020 elections.
D. Trump still regularly recalls his loss to Democrat Joe Biden six years ago and the long-debunked theories he spreads when discussing entirely different topics. However, including these highly political and conspiracy theory-based topics in the president’s prime-time address shows how far D. Trump has gone in his second term breaking norms and focusing on old grievances.
D. Trump provided only vague details about the address, scheduled for 9 p.m. local time (4 a.m. Lithuanian time on Friday).
On Tuesday, when asked by a journalist if he would address voting machines and election integrity, D. Trump replied that he would “touch on this topic” and that “we will also have a couple more things to say.”
He went on to say he has “really, really big news, and our country needs to step up.”
“But we will talk about it on Thursday,” the president said, adding that “there is nothing bigger because without free and fair elections you don’t have a country.”
Despite D. Trump’s comment, the White House hinted on Wednesday that the content of the speech might change.
“As usual, anonymous sources speculate on what President Trump will say during his Thursday evening speech. The truth is, no one yet knows what President Trump will ultimately say, so everyone should tune in,” White House Press Secretary K. Leavitt said in a statement released then.
Presidential addresses in prime time are usually reserved for important milestones or events of national significance.
The last time D. Trump did this was in April, speaking about the war with Iran, a month after it began. At that time, he said the U.S. would “very quickly” achieve its goals and that “the hard part is over, so it should be easy.” However, the war dragged on, and clashes between the U.S. and Iran intensified again this week.
In December, D. Trump also gave a politically charged prime-time speech in which he sought to blame the Democrats for the difficult economic situation.
The Democrats warned that D. Trump is trying to revive false claims about allegedly stolen past elections to delegitimize the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, which will not be easy for D. Trump’s Republican Party.
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