Trump says elections should not be held and claims unlimited power

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 5

Ahead of the 2026 midterms, he told Reuters his presidency was so successful that “we shouldn’t even have an election.”
The remarks fit a pattern of assertions from 2020, 2025 and 2026 that only his own morality or mind limits his authority.
The opinion article argues his refusal to accept losing echoes conduct tied to the 2021 Capitol attack and broader use of federal domestic terrorism powers.

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