‘Really big news’: What to know about Trump’s primetime speech on Thursday

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump has announced a rare primetime address scheduled for Thursday night, promising “really big news” focused primarily on elections and related issues, including the 2020 presidential election.
• The speech is expected to highlight alleged vulnerabilities in US voting machines and newly declassified intelligence, continuing Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
• The address comes amid heightened tensions ahead of the November midterm elections, where control of Congress is at stake, and critics fear Trump may seek to undermine voter confidence or assert federal control over state-run elections.
• Trump’s administration has recently intensified efforts to promote election reforms and investigate 2020 election irregularities, despite multiple investigations finding no evidence of widespread fraud or vote tampering.
• Democrats have condemned the speech, warning it will spread misinformation and potentially interfere with the midterm elections, citing Trump’s history of election subversion and the January 6 Capitol attack.