Trump alleges fraud without evidence in US midterm elections

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, tried to delegitimize the Democrats' victory in the mid-term legislative elections, in which the party regained control of both chambers of Congress, this Monday (9).

After reacting to the results in a conciliatory tone last week, Trump made accusations of fraud without evidence on the Truth Social network.

"Does anyone really believe that these 'elections' were clean? How is it possible that the polls were so wrong?" he asked, attributing his party's defeat to the large "volume" of voters who voted early. "It all comes down to the machines, which are much more important than the voter!", he added.

Trump has radically changed his stance on the midterm elections. Hours after the November 3 vote, the president had told The New York Times that he was "willing to accept the results."

Democrats won large majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives, in addition to taking state governments such as Texas from Republicans.

The president has not yet acknowledged the defeat he suffered in the 2020 presidential elections to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump repeatedly denounces, without presenting evidence, that there was fraud in that election.