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Trump's election integrity speech: 7 takeaways every American should know

We deserve the most secure, honest and fair election system anywhere in the world

By Hans A. von Spakovsky Fox News

Published July 19, 2026 12:35pm EDT

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Trump: Election system is 'so broken, so vulnerable'

President Donald Trump announces the release of results from a Department of Homeland Security investigation into non-citizens registered to vote during a primetime White House address on election integrity.

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In his speech to the nation on July 16, President Donald Trump made a fundamental point seemingly lost on his critics:

Every American, whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, independent or otherwise, should be able to agree that we deserve the most secure, honest, and fair election system anywhere in the world. Secure elections should not be a partisan issue.

Yet Democratic critics are already disputing the evidence and conclusions Trump presented.

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Here are the seven biggest takeaways about the vulnerabilities in our election process, as outlined by the president:

1. In his speech, Trump said newly declassified intelligence showed that China had illicitly acquired or attempted to acquire voter-registration information involving as many as 220 million Americans across multiple states. He characterized it as the "largest compromise of election data in history," involving the theft of "220 million U.S. voter files."

This allegation is shocking but not surprising. The Chinese engaged in a similar hack during the Obama administration, when they stole the personnel files of roughly 22 million current and former federal employees (including me) from the Office of Personnel Management. The Chinese military........

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