‘Really big news’: What you need to know about Trump’s prime-time speech Thursday | Donald Trump News

United States President Donald Trump is promising “very big news” in a rare prime-time speech Thursday night, but without saying exactly what it is.

The surprise speech was announced on Tuesday. But when asked by reporters what he planned to talk about, Trump revealed only that his speech would be about the election and “a few other things.”

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“It’s not getting worse, because without free and fair elections, there is no country,” he told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

When asked to elaborate, Trump said he wanted to “save it” for the speech.

“We will also discuss other things,” he added. “It’s going to be a very big announcement.”

The White House has since confirmed that the speech will focus on the election, including information related to the 2020 presidential election, which Trump falsely claimed to have won.

The speech is also expected to discuss what the White House describes as vulnerabilities in America’s voting machines.

Here’s what we know about the upcoming prime-time presidential speech.

When is Trump’s speech?

Trump is expected to speak from the White House on Thursday at 9 p.m. US Eastern Time (0100 GMT Friday).

How can you watch it?

Major US television networks are expected to broadcast the speech live. The Trump administration has requested airtime from major broadcasters.

It will also be streamed live on WhiteHouse.gov and on the White House YouTube page.

Why is timing important?

Trump’s speech comes three and a half months before the November 3 midterm elections.

The issue is control of the American Congress. Currently, Trump’s Republican Party holds a slim majority in both houses of Congress.

But Democrats are seeking to tip the scales in their favor, capitalizing on the backlash sparked by Trump’s second term.

Critics fear Trump will use his prime-time speech to erode voter confidence in the upcoming election or to assert federal influence over election administration, which is handled at the state and local level.

There is also speculation that Trump may seek to strengthen his base amid falling polls. Research firm YouGov suggested this month that more than 57 percent of American voters disapprove of the president’s performance in the second term so far.

What should Trump talk about?

So far, much remains unknown about Thursday’s speech.

Administration officials say Trump will discuss recently declassified intelligence related to his investigations into the 2020 presidential election.

They also suggested that Trump would discuss alleged vulnerabilities in voting machines that could allow foreign cyber intrusions.

Trump revealed nothing else. When asked this week if the speech would be about the integrity of voting machines, he said simply: “It will be about that topic.”

What happened in the 2020 election?

Trump was a first-term incumbent when he ran for a second term in the 2020 presidential election.

He was facing Democratic candidate Joe Biden, who previously served as vice president under Barack Obama.

Biden defeated Trump, winning both the Electoral College vote – which determines the presidency – and the popular vote, an important symbolic measure.

The Democrat received 306 electoral college votes and more than 81 million individual ballots, compared to 232 electoral college votes and 74 million ballots for Trump.

Critically, key states like Georgia, Michigan and Arizona voted for Biden.

After the election, Trump repeatedly rejected the results and his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol during the certification of the Electoral College on January 6, 2021.

What is Trump’s history of questioning US elections?

Trump has spent years questioning the integrity of US elections, even before 2020.

Before the 2016 election, he refused to say whether he would accept a loss to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

After winning his first term, he created a presidential commission to investigate his allegations that he lost the popular vote due to widespread fraud. The commission was disbanded after finding no evidence to support these claims.

After losing the 2020 election, Trump repeatedly claimed the vote was stolen despite numerous investigations that found no evidence to support these claims.

In Georgia, he urged the secretary of state to “find 11,780 votes,” the number needed to overturn Biden’s victory there.

Trump and his allies later faced two indictments – one at the state level, the other at the federal level – over allegations that they tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The federal case was dropped when Trump won re-election in 2024, under Justice Department standards against prosecuting a sitting president.

Meanwhile, the state-level case collapsed after Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis was disqualified from prosecuting the case.

Trump, however, has continued to assert that he is the rightful winner of the 2020 race, although there is no evidence to support this claim.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a federal cybersecurity watchdog, called the 2020 election “the most secure in American history.”

Investigations, including several by Trump allies, have produced no evidence that voting machine rigging or foreign cyber intrusions changed the outcome.

What has the administration done lately to advance Trump’s claims for 2020?

In January, FBI agents traveled to Fulton County, Georgia, to execute a search warrant to collect election materials related to the 2020 race.

Officials in Fulton County, which includes the state capital Atlanta, protested the search and demanded the return of confidential election materials.

They also claimed that they had not received an inventory of what had been taken.

An FBI memo obtained by US media this month says the agency diverted hundreds of agents to the case, which officials say involves “irregularities that occurred during the 2020 presidential election.”

Trump asked Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to declassify documents related to the 2020 vote.

What do Trump’s claims have to do with the midterm elections?

Trump appears to be intensifying his claims of voter fraud as the November midterm elections approach.

According to a study published by the Reuters news agency in May, Trump claimed the 2020 vote had been stolen more than 107 times in the previous six months.

Trump has already suggested that the California primary vote in June was “rigged.”

Last week, he invited defeated Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt to the White House after attributing Pratt’s defeat to election fraud. “What they did to this guy was unbelievable,” Trump told Fox News on Sunday.

Trump has expressed fear of being impeached if his party does not maintain control of Congress in the midterms. Major Democratic victories in the midterms could also thwart his legislative agenda for the final two years of his presidency.

What has Trump done to advance his election reform agenda?

Since returning to power in 2025, Trump has pushed to overhaul voting procedures.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the administration of elections is the responsibility of the states. This is not under the control of the federal government.

But critics say Trump is trying to nationalize elections and restrict voter access.

Trump has championed voting restrictions such as those in the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require voters to produce proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, in person.

Non-citizens already do not have the right to vote. But opponents argue that the SAVE America Act would pose a barrier to legal voters who don’t have access to such documents. Many states allow voting with other forms of identification, such as a state driver’s license or Social Security number.

Trump has also sought to limit the use of mail-in voting through bills such as the SAVE America Act and executive orders. But federal courts have repeatedly blocked his attempts.

In June, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that states could continue counting mail-in ballots after Election Day, as long as they were postmarked by that date.

Trump also faced lawsuits over his attempts to force states to turn over their voter rolls and create a national voter registry. And he threatened to withhold funds – including those from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – if states did not comply with his demands.

Earlier this month, his administration sent letters to election officials across the country, warning them that they “may be subject to criminal prosecution” if non-citizens vote.

But non-citizen voting is extremely rare, as is voter fraud in general.

How did Democrats react to Thursday’s upcoming speech?

Democrats have warned against giving Trump airtime for his unsubstantiated claims.

“Trump will use a prime-time speech to fuel misleading claims about our elections to justify his interference in our midterm elections,” Sen. Mark Warner wrote on social media Wednesday.

“It is up to all of us to follow the facts and not accept its constant stream of misrepresentations and lies.”

Another senator, Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, pointed to Trump’s second impeachment as proof of his desire to overturn the election.

“This is the same man who was impeached after inciting an insurrection to overturn the election,” Lujan said, calling Trump “corrupt.”

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