Overview
- Reuters reported that President Trump, discussing the 2026 midterms, said he had accomplished so much that “we shouldn’t even have an election.”
- Leavitt told reporters she was in the room for the interview and insisted the comment was facetious, describing it as a boast about perceived accomplishments.
- The remark drew broad concern from media and observers who noted Trump has previously floated canceling elections and questioned accepting results.
- Recent polling and race ratings show Democrats favored to gain in November, including an Economist/YouGov edge for Democrats and Cook Political Report shifts toward them.
- In the same interview, Trump dismissed unfavorable polls and GOP and business criticism, defended armed ICE deployments after the Renee Good killing, and maintained the economy is the strongest “in history,” while separate coverage noted his threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota.