Trump repeated election integrity claims in primetime address. Here are 16 we've fact-checked

U.S. President Donald Trump has questioned the integrity of U.S. elections for years, repeatedly promoting false or unsupported claims about how Americans register, cast ballots and count votes. Many of those claims intensified after he lost the 2020 presidential election to former President Joe Biden. During a primetime White House address on July 16, 2026, Trump returned to those themes, alleging vulnerabilities in voting systems, Chinese access to voter data and large numbers of noncitizens and dead people on voter rolls. He also called mail-in ballots "inherently corrupt" and urged Congress to pass new voting restrictions ahead of the midterm elections. Below are 16 of Trump's election integrity claims that we've investigated over the years: Sources FiscalNote, Roll Call. "Protected: Factbase Transcripts." Roll Call, https://rollcall.com/factbase-transcripts/. Accessed 17 July 2026. By Aleksandra Wrona Aleksandra Wrona is a reporting fellow for Snopes, based in the Warsaw, Poland, area. Article Tags