HOW TRUMP’S ADDRESS WAS BLUNTLY AIMED AT DESTABILIZING THE US ELECTORAL SYSTEM
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US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midterms Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to… In his address from the East Room at the White House, Trump attempted to give the impression that his administration had uncovered new bombshell findings about vulnerabilities in the US’s election system.
China, he claimed, had illicitly acquired voter information on 220 million Americans (many states allow anyone to buy voter roll information; Trump did not say the means by which the nation acquired the data). He claimed that China interfered in other ways to undermine his 2020 campaign and that the information had been suppressed by intelligence officials. Continue reading...
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- US news | The Guardian: US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midterms Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to…
- US news | The Guardian: In his address from the East Room at the White House, Trump attempted to give the impression that his administration had uncovered new bombshell findings about vulnerabilities in the US’s election system.
- US news | The Guardian: China, he claimed, had illicitly acquired voter information on 220 million Americans (many states allow anyone to buy voter roll information; Trump did not say the means by which the nation acquired the data).
- US news | The Guardian: He claimed that China interfered in other ways to undermine his 2020 campaign and that the information had been suppressed by intelligence officials.
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- Topic: US — the feed headline centres on TRUMP, ADDRESS, BLUNTLY, AIMED, DESTABILIZING.
- Original feed: US news | The Guardian.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 04:18 UK.
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