President Donald Trump, desperate to enact an unconstitutional federalization of America's elections ahead of November's midterm elections, reverted in a July 16 national address to his three favorite conspiracy-theory boogeymen.

America's elections are "vulnerable to being rigged and stolen," Trump claimed, because of diabolical efforts by China, the "deep state" in our country's government and the journalists who debunk his lies.

But the most interesting takeaway from the meandering 25-minute speech was what he didn't say. At no point did Trump claim that foreign adversaries have ever successfully altered American election results. And he did not repeat his most common election lie, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen from him.

Trump's speech didn't change the facts about elections

Trump teased the speech for days as "really big news," seeking a large audience.

Instead, he offered only a rehash of debunked election fraud conspiracy theories.

The truth: American intelligence services and congressional committees have long concluded that foreign adversaries like Russia, Iran and China have attempted to influence our elections, but have faltered when trying to infiltrate the electronic infrastructure of our voting systems.

And, despite Trump's claims of concern, he has spent his second term stripping the very protections put in place to safeguard American elections.

Trump's real motivation for his speech runs on two tracks. He wants to persuade Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which........

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