Trump’s “National Security Emergency” election plan exposed

Hope For America with Heather Delaney Reese · Aug 13, 2026 · 16m

Early yesterday morning, while most Americans were asleep, Donald Trump was on the phone with Wayne Allyn Root entertaining a question no president who respects democracy should leave open: whether he might declare a national security emergency before the midterms. He did not shut it down. He said, "Stranger things have happened." That answer matters because it came alongside a new executive privilege memo, fresh threats against political enemies, false claims about vaccines and the autopen, and a court fight over mail-in ballots. Put together, it shows an administration testing every…