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Trump’s ‘big lie’ in prime time

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16 in Washington. (Saul Loeb/AFP/The Associated Press) 

In a nationally televised address last week, U.S. President Donald Trump repeated claims about fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election and announced the release of declassified documents he says reveal a government cover-up.

But with the midterms approaching, there remains much concern that Trump’s speech, and his years-long conspiracies, aren’t really about the election he lost but the midterm elections still to come.

David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic who has reported extensively on the threats facing American elections. He joins us to examine Trump’s latest claims, the evidence behind them and whether the U.S. president is laying the groundwork for America’s next election crisis.

For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts.

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