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Trump's Election Jokes Clarified by Press Secretary Leavitt
1/15/2026
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- On January 15, 2026, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks about elections.
- Leavitt said Trump was joking about midterm elections for sitting presidents.
- Trump had previously floated similar ideas about canceling elections, which he attributed to media misinterpretation, in a Reuters interview.
- Leavitt emphasized the president has no constitutional authority to cancel elections.
