Der US-Präsident sagt, er werde Berichte über die angebliche Einmischung Chinas in US-Wahlen freigeben. Er sagt, Peking habe 220 Millionen US-Wählerlisten erhalten und bezeichnete dies als große Bedrohung für die Demokratie. China hat die Behauptung zurückgewiesen.
Und Analysen zufolge handelte es sich bei der Rede um den jüngsten Vorschlag des Präsidenten, den SAVE America Act zu verabschieden, eine umfassende Überarbeitung der amerikanischen Wahl- und Wählerregistrierungssysteme, die auf seinen seit langem gehegten Beschwerden über die Ergebnisse der Wahlen 2020 beruhte.
https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-accuses-china-of-meddling-in-us-elections/a-77996793
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US President [Donald Trump](https://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-russia-ukraine-israel-gaza-tariffs-trade-war/t-19434433) has ordered a new investigation into alleged Chinese interference in US elections, announcing the declassification of intelligence documents that he says reveal major vulnerabilities in the country’s voting systems.
Speaking from the White House on Thursday, Trump claimed that China had carried out what he described as „the largest compromise of election data in history.“ He alleged that Beijing obtained access to information from 220 million US voter files before the [2020 election](https://www.dw.com/en/2020-us-presidential-election/t-52634123), which he lost to [Joe Biden.](https://www.dw.com/en/joe-biden/t-55668302)
[Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from him](https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-trump-repeats-false-us-election-fraud-claim/a-70707369). Dozens of court cases have found [no proof of large-scale electoral fraud](https://www.dw.com/en/georgia-judge-dismisses-trump-election-interference-case/a-74912907).
Critics accuse the US president of trying to cast doubt over the upcoming midterm elections in November, in which his Republican Party could lose majorities in one or both houses of Congress.
# What did Trump say during his speech?
He began his primetime address by casting doubt on US election security, claiming it „falls catastrophically short.“ But the 24-minute speech did not include evidence of vote manipulation or of the election outcome being altered.
He also did not mention the possibility of any outside influence on the elections he won in 2016 and [2024](https://www.dw.com/en/us-presidential-election-2024/t-65733013).
Trump said he had ordered the director of national intelligence and the FBI to investigate the allegations and determine the full extent of the reported data breach.
As he spoke, the White House launched a website with documents presented without context that included selectively released pieces of investigation files, intelligence analysis and correspondence.
# Trump says election systems ‚exposed to manipulation and corruption‘
The president argued that the case demonstrates that „the US electoral system is exposed to manipulation and corruption.“ He added that federal authorities are in the process of notifying states whose election data may have been compromised.
Trump also renewed his call for [stricter election security measures](https://www.dw.com/en/foreign-interference-threats-facing-the-2024-us-election/a-69093316), urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which would introduce voter photo ID requirements, require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and expand federal access to voter registration data.
During the address, Trump criticized television networks that chose not to broadcast the speech live, saying they should lose their licenses. Trump accused the media outlets that did not broadcast the speech of being „part of a plot.“
ABC and NBC chose not to air Trump’s speech live on their main broadcast channels, instead carrying it on streaming platforms. CNN made the address available online and on its subscription service. The decision limited the speech’s reach compared with traditional television broadcasts. Networks in the past also chose not to broadcast speeches by Biden and former President Barack Obama.
# Democrats, China push back on Trump’s allegations
Trump’s claims on a lack of US election integrity drew immediate criticism from political opponents and raised concerns within his own administration.
Democratic Senator Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, dismissed the allegations, „Trump’s shocking ‚bombshells‘ about China are totally bogus.“ He argued that US intelligence agencies had concluded that China did not attempt to alter any votes in the 2020 election.
Reuters also reported that some White House officials worried the release of the intelligence could be misleading.
Meanwhile, China rejected the allegations, with embassy spokesperson Liu Chang stating, „China has never and will never interfere in the presidential elections of the US.“
Trump’s remarks risk adding tension to US-China relations at a time when the president is seeking a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year to discuss trade ties.
# Trump alleges intelligence officials withheld China findings
Trump claimed that members of the US intelligence community deliberately withheld information about China’s alleged election-related activities.
However, his assertions conflict with a 2021 intelligence community assessment, which found no evidence that any foreign actor attempted to alter or successfully change „any technical aspect“ of the 2020 presidential election, including voter registrations, ballots, vote tabulations or results.
The assessment was conducted under John Ratcliffe, who was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and now serves as CIA director.
Repeated audits and reviews — including several managed by Republicans, including Trump’s then-attorney general — have also found no significant fraud occurred in 2020.
Among the documents released by the administration was a CIA report describing Chinese efforts to gather information on Joe Biden’s campaign.
The report also stated that Beijing „does not currently intend to covertly interfere to try to sway the outcome of the election,“ while noting that China could decide to do so at a later stage.
China should sue his ass for defamation.
Mostly for internal consumption in trying to re-motivate his domestic base (American experts talking to a British press show).
In U.S. politics it’s more economical to excite your base than it is to try to sway the actual other side. Pretty convenient as it’s over the 2020 election and not 2024, so he can convince the GOP that they elected a “savior” figure who’s now “protecting” them with tariffs .. so it’s safe to meet Xi this September.
This speech had the same false claims that have been disproven repeatedly. The documents the WH did release don’t say what Trump claims they said. Even if China did obtain voting records that doesn’t prove, in any way, they manipulated the election.
The war in Iran is going badly and consumer prices continue to increase. This is nothing more than an attempt to distract from those realities. Trump is not a serious person failing at a very serious job.
I like where his mind is at, bread and circus minus the bread.
About to lose election due to unpopularity- better find scapegoat instead!
Did US voters say thanks to China for its interference in US elections against Trump?
it’s kind of pointless to meddle elections in US when it’s already a mess but also there are consequence for such action when US find out.
why would any big power in the world want anyone that’s not Trump in office in the US, he proactively has destroyed many tools that assure US hegemony in 18 months in power.
Broken record speech to rally his increasingly disillusioned maga base. The only ones who genuinely believe this bs are his super loyal voters.
Seriously that is all he could make up to distract from his disastrous war?
Apparently US elections are the most susceptible to manipulation when Trump is in office and the least susceptible when a Democrat is in office.
And I bet those reports are never declassified. Because they don’t exist.