| | Tonight, Thursday, Trump gave a roughly 30-minute primetime address from the East Room and made the following claims: | | Tonight, Thursday, Trump gave a roughly 30-minute primetime address from the East Room and made the following claims: |
| − | '''Voter file theft.''' Trump said voter registration files in 18 states, totaling 220 million voter files, were “bought, stolen, or hacked by China,” and that China “carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history.” The files, he said, included names, addresses, and political affiliations. He called it an “unprecedented [[election]] [[security]] nightmare.” He attributed the [[intelligence]] to a White House task force and the [[President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board]]. | + | '''Voter file theft.''' Trump said voter registration files in 18 states, totaling 220 million voter files, were “bought, stolen, or hacked by China,” and that China “carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history.” The files, he said, included names, addresses, and political affiliations. He called it an “unprecedented [[election]] [[security]] nightmare.” He attributed the [[intelligence]] to a White House task force and the [[Devan Nunes|President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board]]. |
| | '''Ballot manufacturing.''' He claimed Chinese meddling activities “included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots” for [[Biden]]. | | '''Ballot manufacturing.''' He claimed Chinese meddling activities “included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots” for [[Biden]]. |
| − | At a time when the [[US]] is utterly dependent on China for [[rare-earth mineral]]s Trump decided it was a good time to insult them and threaten them.}} | + | At a time when the [[US]] is utterly dependent on China for [[rare-earth minerals]] Trump decided it was a good time to insult them and threaten them.}} |