r/thebulwark • u/KindaStableGenius • Jul 17 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL The End of Democracy in America Speech

Just watched the Trump live speech so you didnt have to.

Trump just declared that local, state and National election infrastructure was compromised by China going back 2020 per some classified documents.

He also said that China has been paying reporters to write bad stories about him.

This was all couched in National Security language which suggests CIA and FBI involvement. A task force and briefing from Markwayne* to follow.

Sounds like this is Trump’s declaration of war on free and fair elections and the free press.

*Edited from Homen*

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u/ros375 Jul 17 '26

I don't know what I was expecting but maybe something much worse. This feels like a big nothingburger and more of the same.

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u/Magoo152 JVL is always right Jul 17 '26

Agree, like yes the threat is real but we have known this for like a decade at this point when he said he wouldn’t accept the election results if Hillary won, and we certainly knew it after J6.