Overview

• Trump said on Truth Social that he will lead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and some voting machines and pledged to sign a decree tied to the 2026 contests without providing details.
• He recounted that Vladimir Putin agreed with him that mail voting corrupts elections, a claim he attributed to their Alaska meeting and a subsequent Fox News interview.
• The president argued that states act as agents of the federal government in tallying votes and must follow presidential directives.
• Fact-checkers rejected his assertion that the United States is the only country using mail voting, noting many nations employ it.
• A separate decree signed in March to curb mail voting and tighten state voter-roll checks drew criticism from legal scholars such as Rick Hasen, and advocacy groups said they would challenge it in court.