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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    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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    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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      I grew up in a conservative area, in a conservative household, survival preppers even.

      I was raised my whole youth with the narrative that we were collecting guns and supplies for the day that the federal government starts taking away our rights and interfering with democracy.

      For my entire younger life, growing up in the cold war, it was the back-country, blue-blooded American way to push back against Russia, against threats to our vote, against government overreach and intereferring in both people’s personal lives as well as the business of other countries.

      I changed ideology as soon as I escaped and got a taste of reality, but I still do believe we need to protect our democracy with force, and now that’s the opposite of the conservative stance and it’s like living in the Upsidedown. I understand how we got here, but I am constantly astonished how fucking stupid everyone is. Everyone.

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        I grew up in conservative south. I got wrapped up in the 2a against tyranny too. I agree that it does make sense. I too am baffled by how they are the tyrant’s forces.

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

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        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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    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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    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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      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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    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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    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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    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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    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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      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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        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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          It doesn’t matter. He’s clearly saying the only outcome he’ll accept is one that benefits him. Dictators don’t have to be smart or persuasive to be dictators.

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          I don’t fucking care. It is dangerous to underestimate him (of 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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    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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    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.