He is desperate to suspend the Midterm Election because he knows the Dems are going to win in a bloodbath, and get control of investigative committees with subpoena and arrest powers.
Even during the shamefully feckless Biden administration, they put Bannon and Ron Varo in jail for defying their subpoenas. With a new freshman crop of angry, motivated Dems screaming for MAGA blood, they will be much more aggressive this time around. We may see impeachments not only if Trump, but also Noem, RFK Jr, Hegseth, Thomas, Alito, etc. And with the presidential election coming up, there may be ambitious MAGAs who want their shot at the Big Chair, and will cross the aisle to bury this administration, and clear the decks for their own shot. Trump can't allow that to happen.
So he will TRY to suspend elections, but that is a BRIGHT RED LINE, that must never be crossed. We have never suspended an election, not even during the Civil War, because it literally means the official end of American Democracy. He cannot be allowed to do that, under any circumstances.
And let's say he cancels the election. Elections are a state-managed process, so what if the Blues states don't respect his suspension, and hold their elections anyway? What if Red states balk at having their election rights removed, and decide to defy Trump and have their elections?
What will happens if the House flips, and a new crop of freshman Dem reps show up to be sworn in by the new House Majority Leader. Trump will order Mike Johnson to hold the line, but will he be able to?
We hear loose talk of "Constitution Crisis" all the time, but this would be an actual Constitutional Crisis, one of the biggest in American history.