Foreign Affairs: US President Donald Trump on Thursday declassified several official documents that he claimed showed Chinese interference in the US election. The remarks revived his long-running attack on election security, despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence that Beijing influenced the 2020 election, which he lost.
The 25-minute prime-time address, according to Reuters on July 17, 2026, further underscored Trump’s efforts to make election security a key political issue ahead of the November midterm elections, when Republicans like himself will have to defend their slim majority in Congress.
Trump used his speech to press Congressional Republicans to pass legislation imposing new requirements on voter ID and citizenship, despite long-standing allegations of voter fraud in US elections. It is a rare occurrence. The bill has stalled in the Senate amid fierce opposition from Democrats.
Trump has said the leaked documents would expose “shocking vulnerabilities in our election administration.” But most of the documents appear to show otherwise or have no bearing on the U.S. election administration at all.
The president has said he is declassifying sensitive information that shows China illegally obtained the records of 220 million American voters, including names, addresses and other data.
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