{"id":5732,"date":"2026-07-14T09:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:03:55","slug":"trump-set-to-address-iran-election-integrity-in-prime-time-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5732","title":{"rendered":"Trump set to address Iran, election integrity in prime-time speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/Y5RAAzeObrjtY2jzpVRFx50fPwo=\/0x31:2642x1517\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/14\/1783990202520.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s prime-time Thursday speech from the White House is slated to include election integrity, an update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" target=\"_blank\">Iran<\/a> and whatever else he deems important, a senior adviser tells Axios.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It will be a potpourri,&#8221; the adviser said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> Though ever-available to reporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Trump<\/a> hasn&#8217;t given many prime-time, direct-to-camera speeches from the White House. He wants to do more of them, the adviser said. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Zoom in:<\/strong> Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/%40realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116914147668764804\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> on Truth Social on Monday that he plans to give a &#8220;Speech to the Nation&#8221; on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET. The specifics beyond that \u2014 where in the White House and the exact topics \u2014 are less certain. But two issues are top of mind for Trump:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/13\/trump-iran-blockade-strait-hormuz\" target=\"_blank\">Resumed fighting with Iran.<\/a> <\/strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s changing by the minute, but it&#8217;s something he wants to address,&#8221; the adviser said.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/26\/trump-voter-fraud-courts-congress-save-act\" target=\"_blank\">Election integrity.<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/26\/trump-voter-fraud-courts-congress-save-act\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a> The president wants to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/18\/trump-save-act-thune-senate\" target=\"_blank\">SAVE America Ac<\/a>t, a strict voter ID law that&#8217;s stalled in Congress. And he may present findings from his intelligence officials about the administration&#8217;s review of the 2020 election, which Trump won&#8217;t admit he lost.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Trump&#8217;s adviser <\/strong>denied online reports that the president plans to discuss the 2020 Senate elections in Georgia, which were won by two Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, but:<\/strong> You never know what Trump&#8217;s going to talk about. He just wants to talk. And he wants to do more of it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We want to get into the rhythm of doing this,&#8221; the adviser said. &#8220;It&#8217;s powerful when you give prime-time speeches that give a sense of importance to what he&#8217;s saying.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump&#8217;s prime-time Thursday speech from the White House is slated to include election integrity, an update on Iran and whatever else he deems important, a senior adviser tells Axios. &#8220;It will be a potpourri,&#8221; the adviser said. Why it matters: Though ever-available to reporters, Trump hasn&#8217;t given many prime-time, direct-to-camera speeches from the White&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/Y5RAAzeObrjtY2jzpVRFx50fPwo=\/0x31:2642x1517\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/14\/1783990202520.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}