Trump to give July 16 address on declassified election intel

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address on Thursday, July 16, 2026, to present what he claims is newly declassified intelligence revealing foreign plans to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, according to officials. The speech, scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern time, will revive his long-standing and widely debunked assertion that the election was stolen from him.

Trump announced the address on his Truth Social platform on Monday, July 13, describing it only as a "Speech to the Nation." Officials said he will be joined for the event by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. The White House has not identified which foreign nation the intelligence reportedly implicates.

The president has spent years insisting without credible evidence that he won the 2020 race against Joe Biden, alleging widespread fraud. His claims were rejected by dozens of courts, including those led by Republican-appointed judges, multiple state-level audits, and his own administration officials at the time. Former Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher...