US’ Trump doubles down on election interference claims

US President Donald Trump on Thursday used a primetime address to the nation to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of US elections and dispute his 2020 loss — this time, to justify his push to pass a strict voter ID bill.Trump accused China of interfering with US elections in 2020, threatening to upend ties with the world’s second-biggest economy as he focuses on securing a victory in the midterms in November.Speaking in a prime-time address from the White House on Thursday night, Trump said the Chinese government stole 220 million voter files, including names, addresses and other sensitive data in what is “believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history” — claims that US intelligence agencies have previously debunked. US President Donald Trum