On Thursday, July 16, 2026, President Trump delivered a primetime speech in which he claimed that the United States' voting systems are vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen." However, he did not present any new evidence of fraudulent votes cast in any election. According to NPR News, Trump raised these concerns without substantiating his claims with concrete proof.

This address continues the ongoing debate over election integrity, though no verified instances of widespread voter fraud were cited during the speech.

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