Overview
- In a Reuters Oval Office interview, President Trump argued his administration’s accomplishments were so significant that “we shouldn’t even have an election” this November.
- He had raised a similar notion at a House Republican retreat at the Kennedy Center earlier this month.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters she was in the room for the Reuters interview and insisted the comment was “simply joking” and “speaking facetiously.”
- News coverage noted that federal law does not permit a president to cancel or postpone congressional elections.
- The remarks landed as Trump threatened on Truth Social to invoke the Insurrection Act over protests in Minnesota and pledged continued ICE deployments, while recent ratings and polls show Democrats gaining an edge for 2026.