Key Takeaways
- Election Integrity First: Trump announced plans to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterms, arguing that paper ballots ensure accuracy and transparency.
- Fiscally Responsible Reform: The president slammed expensive voting machines, highlighting that watermarked paper ballots are both cheaper and more reliable — saving taxpayers money.
- Democrats on Defense: Trump accused Democrats of relying on “the Mail-In SCAM” to stay competitive, pledging to fight to restore honesty and integrity to America’s elections.
President Donald J. Trump is once again proving that election integrity isn’t negotiable. On Monday, Trump announced plans to sign an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots and phase out what he called “Highly Inaccurate, Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial” voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump reminded Americans why other nations ditched mail-in voting: “because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED.” He doubled down on his call for secure, paper ballots, declaring, “ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS.”
The president also highlighted the bloated cost of electronic systems, which he says waste taxpayer dollars. Watermarked paper ballots, Trump argued, are “Ten Times more accurate and leave NO DOUBT” about the outcome. That’s fiscal responsibility and common sense rolled into one.
Naturally, Democrats are crying foul. They depend on loose voting rules to pad turnout in ways that undermine transparency. Nearly one-third of 2024 ballots were cast by mail — a system Trump flatly calls a “Mail-In SCAM.”
Critics claim Trump lacks authority to change state election rules, but he dismissed that argument head-on: “The States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes.”
Trump’s message is clear: no more chaos, no more costly machines, no more ballot harvesting. Just honest, transparent elections — the bedrock of a free republic.