President Trump urges high turnout, targets Democrat Party and its members in harsh terms, and mixes in promotion of his DC renovations during his closing pitch for 2026 midterm elections at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.
US President Donald Trump has framed Tuesday’s midterm elections as the most crucial in living memory, as he gave a speech to reopen the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.
"This is the last day before the midterm elections, the most important midterm I believe in our lifetime," Trump said 26 minutes into a speech on Monday which largely focused on his project to renovate monuments in the US capital.
President Trump urged high turnout, attacked Democrat Party and its members in harsh terms, and mixed in promotion of his DC renovations — especially during his closing speech at the site.
Trump, who has been telling voters to imagine he is on the ballot, also accused the Democrat Party of nominating the "most extreme and dangerous slate of candidates" in American history.
"These are the most dangerous candidates ever put up. There's never been anything like what we're seeing" alleged Trump, who chose the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall for his final midterm pitch the day before Election Day.
"We have we fought for 250 years to make it great. We’re not going to let it be torn down by a bunch of people that have failed everywhere," Trump added.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Michigan, calling him "a Jihadist lunatic", "a Muslim Brotherhood member", a "communist," a "man of hate".
El-Sayed is a Michigan-born physician and former Detroit and Wayne County public health official who would become the first Muslim US senator if elected.
He is running against Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in a tight race for the seat being vacated by Democrat Gary Peters.
'I'll become Mr. Veto'
Trump has expressed confidence in Republican prospects in Tuesday’s elections despite public opinion polls favouring Democrats.
With all 435 House of Representatives seats and 35 Senate seats on the ballot, the elections will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress for the remaining two years of Trump's second term.
Earlier in an interview, Trump vowed to become "Mr. Veto" and block legislation if Democrats win control of Congress.
"I think we're going to do great. But if we didn't win, I veto everything. I'll be vetoing, vetoing," Trump told the New York Post newspaper.
"I guess I'll become Mr. Veto ... And then at some point, we'll probably make deals," he added.
The president dismissed unfavourable polling as "rigged," claiming that polling organisations failed to contact real voters and citing attendance at his rallies as evidence of public support.
Trump warned that Democratic victories in both chambers of Congress, followed by a Democratic presidential win in 2028, would leave the country "finished."
He said Democrats planned to expand the Supreme Court to 23 seats, eliminate the Senate filibuster and restrict rights protected under the Second Amendment.
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