President Donald Trump has said that America's elections are "rigged, stolen, and a laughingstock."

Senate Democrats accused President Donald Trump of election meddling ahead of the 2026 midterms as Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., warned Trump wants to "rig the election" when Republicans lose.

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s call to “nationalize” the upcoming elections.

Donald Trump said he will only accept the GOP losing control of Congress in this November’s midterms if he considers the elections to have been “honest.” Speaking to NBC’s Tom Llamas, the 79-year-old president was pressed on whether he would trust the midterm results after his suggestion that Republicans should “nationalize” election races across the country.

When President Donald Trump claimed to NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas in a Wednesday interview that “I’m getting – starting to get great polls on the economy,” Llamas quickly pushed back by noting that Trump’s polling on the economy is “not great.

He listed Atlanta, Detroit and Philadelphia after making unfounded fraud claims.

Speaking at the Oval Office on Feb. 3, Trump suggested federal agents could count votes and run elections instead of state election officials.

State election officials’ growing suspicion of Trump’s motives has triggered concerns that distrust of even routine moves by the FBI could hinder cooperation.

He said AG Pam Bondi ordered her to be there, after Gabbard said Trump did.