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Election fraud claims and threats to media: what to know about Trump's address

Election fraud claims and threats to media: what to know about Trump's address
France 24 Friday 17 July 2026, 09:18 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Election fraud claims and threats to media: what to know about Trump's address Americas Issued on: Share US President Donald Trump on Thursday revived sweeping and unsupported claims of voter fraud and Chinese meddling, firing a clear warning shot ahead of midterm elections that many expect him to dispute. What should be remembered from this speech? FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar looks at what was said, but also what was left unsaid, by the US president.
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