President Donald Trump stunned Republicans at a closed-door House GOP retreat by openly musing about canceling the 2026 midterm elections, a move experts have long warned he might entertain. Speaking at the Kennedy Center on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Trump complained about facing Democrats at all and suggested elections should be scrapped — before insisting the “fake news” would call him a dictator if he announced that seriously. The remarks came as Trump fretted about the historical pattern of presidents losing midterms and warned that failure to hold Congress would invite yet another impeachment, underscoring fresh concerns about his willingness to undermine democratic norms to cling to power.
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Trump muses about canceling 2026 midterms in alarming GOP retreat remarks Trump muses about canceling 2026 midterms in alarming GOP retreat remarks
