Floats idea of canceling 2026 midterm elections at GOP retreat, then insists he won't

Trump floated the idea of canceling future U.S. elections during his House Republican retreat speech, according to Time Magazine, 'elevating a longstanding concern among critics of how he might try to limit threats to his power in his second term.' Multiple sources reported that Trump 'made an alarming statement Tuesday, hinting that the forthcoming midterm election ought to be scrapped' before later insisting he wouldn't actually cancel them. The comment came in the context of warning Republicans that Democrats would impeach him if the GOP lost the midterms, suggesting he was testing the idea of avoiding that threat by canceling the elections entirely.