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

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    If the US does not get to have free and fair elections then those guys are so descending into civil war.