Sunday shows preview: Trump election claims raise alarm; Iran war shows no end in sight

President Trump used his primetime address on Thursday night to revive his claims of foreign interference in U.S. elections, making headlines as lawmakers weigh the fallout from his push to overhaul the nation’s voting system.

During the address, Trump claimed that China allegedly obtained hundreds of millions of U.S. voter records while seeking to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, arguing newly declassified documents exposed sweeping vulnerabilities in the nation’s elections.

The White House published the documents on a new “election integrity” page, which included intelligence assessments, declassified FBI files and China’s alleged acquisition of voter data.

But the records did not appear to substantiate his claims that foreign governments altered or interfered with the outcome of the 2020 election, where Trump was defeated by former President Biden, prompting immediate backlash from Beijing, election experts and Democrats.

China dismissed the allegations from Trump as “groundless,” calling the claims “entirely fabricated” and insisting it had no intention to meddle with other nations’ elections.

“The relevant allegations by the U.S. are entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday during a daily briefing. “We have no interest in interfering in US elections and have never done so.”

Lin urged Washington to stop blaming China for issues with U.S. elections, warning the accusations risked further straining relations between the two countries. The comments come ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to the U.S. in September.

“We urge the U.S. to stop making an issue of China in its elections and do something conducive to China-U.S. relations,” Lin said.

Democrats also condemned the claims of election fraud, accusing Trump of attempting to undermine confidence in U.S. elections by reviving........

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