Behind the scenes of Trump’s latest desperate attempt to steal the 2026 midterm elections

President Donald Trump and Republicans are engaged in an all-out effort to contest the results of next week’s midterm elections, in a desperate campaign to cling to power for the next two years – spreading unfounded fears of non-citizen voting, selectively and vindictively targeting political opponents and liberal state leaders, making arrests and threatening criminal prosecution of Democratic election officials, and by arguing to the Justice Department that an election is not legally legitimate unless Trump’s camp wins it.

To help tilt elections in favor of Republicans, the DOJ is apparently violating its own policies by attempting to interfere with how states administer elections and determine the validity of votes. And even if its lawsuits fail, the Trump-Vance administration has no intention of letting up between now and election night, and perhaps beyond.

The White House refuses to rule out election intervention by the U.S. military and federal law enforcement, including armed ICE agents. (Such actions would normally be downright illegal.) America is witnessing a brutal and ultimate escalation of the policies of Trump and his party. already extensive attempts to corrupt the 2026 midterm electionsan extremely high-stakes election that will determine whether the Senate and House can curb at least some of the president’s fascist terrorist campaigns. (Currently, polls point towards an electoral vote)bloodbath(For the Republican Party, a stunning rejection of the Trump agenda.)

This escalation is occurring at the direction and explicit direction of the Trump White House, according to sources familiar with the matter and administration officials. Zeteo which may seem obvious to casual observers: efforts to rig the election come from the top, starting and ending with Trump.

“The president and the White House are running this,” says a Trump adviser.