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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[–] 58 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Another public demonstration of the uneducated Donvict not understanding the Constitution and how our government works. His supporters are an anti-American disgrace.

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  • [–] 30 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    No. Another public demonstration of a dictator's contempt for the Constitution. He fucking knows. Don't let anyone pretend he's merely ignorant and not deliberately evil.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The guy doesn't even know how to read. I think he's ignorant and rock stupid but has a number of smarter people telling him what to do and think

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    I don't fucking care. It is dangerous to underestimate him (or his handlers, or whatever -- doesn't matter!).

    What matters is that he doesn't have to be smart or literate to have his brownshirts murder you, so it's way past time to quit treating him like a goddamn joke!

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  • [–] 50 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 41 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    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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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    When the death certificate is written for the American empire, the cause of death will read “greed, apathy”.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I challenge the apathy part. There is a lot of apathy, no doubt. But, I think most who are seen as apathetic are just weak, selfish, and lack foresight. They would prefer a different situation, but not at the cost of their own pain.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    The dumb fuck can push all he wants, us elections cannot be nationalized

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months 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.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I just want him to clarify that out loud…

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  • I sometimes want to see that too, but then I remind myself, narcissistic sociopath abusers will never be capable of sticking to any standards that do not get them what they want.

    Their brains will not only dynamically remake their own reality to make them always have been right, but they will demand the entire world change their fundamental reality so the abuser is right, rather than infinitesimally change themselves in response to being wrong. Any "admission" we get is just helping us delude ourselves that they have the capacity to admit fault.

    The only thing for us to learn from them is that they can never be trusted.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

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

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 16 points 9 months 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.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

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

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Fuck off, pedo. Just fuck off already.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 7 points 9 months 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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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    The question isn't isn't is it legal - the administration is breaking the law every minute.

    The question is who is going to stop them. The point of the ICE army is to have armed force to enforce the GOP coup - who is going to be on the other side?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    He doesnt get to decide. So he can fuck right off.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Not up to him.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    What in the goddamn fuck is NATIONALIZED VOTING

    I DON'T LIKE THAT VERY MUCH

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

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

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    By honest he means "I win every state no matter what".  

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    Any idea how polling protection groups will work this time around? I'm not really sure what it means to nationalize voting, nor the extent of what it means to have ICE outside of polling locations.

    Edit: I'm looking into joining up with a group to protect the polls this midterm.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Since when did the president get to decide if voters really mean it? This guy just makes up whatever bullshit and it's like well ok I guess

    WTF

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    La dee da, la dee da, oh shit the midterms sucked for me! Time to say they're not honest! What's that you say? Oh they were actually good for me? Uhh never mind guys! They're totally honest!

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

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

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