Trump Falsely Claims U.S. is 'Only Country That Has Mail-In Ballots' While Promoting SAVE Act

At a White House event on February 13, 2026, President Trump falsely claimed that the United States is "the only country in the world that has mail-in ballots," asserting that postal voting "guarantees cheating." Trump made this statement while promoting the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which aims to curtail mail-in voting. The claim is demonstrably false: according to the International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance, 34 countries allow postal voting, including Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom—with 12 allowing it for all voters and 22 for some voters. This continues Trump's long-standing pattern of spreading disinformation about mail-in voting, which he has baselessly claimed was used to rig the 2020 election despite secure systems operating in both red and blue states.

"The U.S. is the only country in the world that has mail-in ballots. It guarantees cheating." — Statement made at White House event promoting the SAVE Act