Trump, knowing the GOP will lose, vows to change how elections are run. The US Constitution doesn't give him that power

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own.

Relying on false information and conspiracy theories that he's regularly used to explain away his 2020 election loss, Trump pledged on his social media site that he would do away with both mail voting — which remains popular and is used by about one-third of all voters — and voting machines — some form of which are used in almost all of the country's thousands of election jurisdictions. These are the same systems that enabled Trump to win the 2024 election and Republicans to gain control of Congress.

Trump's post marks an escalation even in his normally overheated election rhetoric. He issued a wide-ranging executive order earlier this year that, among other changes, would have required documented proof-of-citizenship before registering to vote. His Monday post promised another election executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm elections.”

The same post also pushed falsehoods about voting. He claimed the U.S. is the only country to use mail voting, when it's actually used by dozens, including Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-vows-change-elections-run-202431817.html

Hey Donny, go fuck yourself.

[chicoescuela]

1. No problem, SCROTUS will take care it for him.

There are rules folks

[dweller]

2. " there is little to nothing he can do on his own "

And that should be the end of this , but the media will repeat over and over his claim till some accept it as truth
At the end of his failed attempts he will just cancel the elections

✌🏻

[ImNotGod]

3. The thing is red states will do everything he wants to stop people from voting without any Federal

intervention. Doesn't matter what powers he has, red states will break laws for him and get away with it.

[BlueTsunami2018]

4. It would be nice if that mattered anymore.

Fascists do what they want until someone stops them. I don’t see that revolutionary force in place yet.

[Septua]

5. And, he's going to call for a new census...

..saying the 2020 census is misrepresentative because it included immigrants, thus resulting in districts that don't accurately represent the voters.

Whether or not he manages that, he'll say the 2026 election results are faulty.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/nx-s1-5265650/new-census-trump-immigrants-counted

[Timewas]

6. So far

Whether it is legal or not hasn't made any difference to him or his clan.

[elleng]

7. They're gonna make heckuva MESS, re: :26.

Definitely not looking forward.