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Just before the very important midterm elections to be held in America in November, President Donald Trump has once again created a new upheaval in international politics by adopting a very aggressive stance against China. In a very sharp and sensational 25-minute special address given from the White House on Thursday, July 16, 2026, President Trump claimed that he has made public some extremely sensitive and classified intelligence files, which expose China’s direct and illegal interference in the American electoral system. However, this new and serious claim of President Trump is completely contrary to the old reports of the top intelligence agencies of America itself, which said that no concrete evidence of Chinese interference in the 2020 elections has been found. American voters on target of Chinese hackers: Serious allegation of breach in personal data of 22 crore voters President Donald Trump, while addressing the nation, made a very shocking allegation that the documents declassified by him made it clear that Chinese intelligence agencies and hackers had illegally obtained secret files of about 22 crore American voters. According to Trump, this hacked database included the names of American citizens, their permanent addresses, phone numbers and highly sensitive information used in the voter registration process. Trump did not stop here, he targeted some internal officials of the American Intelligence Community and alleged that these people had deliberately hidden and suppressed the seriousness of this dangerous cyber conspiracy by China so that the public could be misled. Beijing’s counterattack and threat of return of trade war: Improving relations with Xi Jinping again in limbo. Immediately after Trump’s very aggressive speech, China has registered its sharp reaction to these allegations. Liu Chang, the official spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, issued a statement strongly rejecting Trump’s claims, saying, "China has never interfered in America’s internal and presidential elections, nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future." Diplomatic experts believe that Trump’s move could completely derail the trade relations between the two superpowers that were recently back on track. It is noteworthy that last year, with the aim of improving relations after the long trade war, President Donald Trump himself went to Beijing and had a very positive meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which now seems to be in vain. Democrats rejected Trump’s claims: warned of making intelligence information a ‘weapon’. On the other hand, the leaders of the American opposition party, i.e. the Democratic Party, have termed these claims of Trump as a complete election stunt and fabrication. Senior Democratic lawmakers on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have written a very strong letter to the heads of the country’s top security agencies FBI, CIA and NSA, including Acting National Intelligence Director Bill Pulte. In this letter, he has warned officials that President Trump should not be allowed to use false claims to election security and sensitive intelligence as a political weapon (Weaponizing Intelligence) to influence the November midterm elections. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also made a direct attack on Trump, saying that under the guise of these misleading claims, he is preparing the ground to manipulate the upcoming November elections in favor of his party. Preparation to change electoral rules through ‘Save America Act’: Opposition raised questions Ever since his historic return to the White House in January 2025, President Donald Trump has been continuously advocating strengthening the central control of the federal government over the country’s electoral process. These days, Trump is putting a lot of pressure on the Republican members of the Senate and Congress to pass the ‘Save America Act’ with very stringent provisions as soon as possible. Under this proposed law, it will be made mandatory to provide a valid photo ID issued by the government to vote and only proof of US citizenship at the time of voter registration. Also, all states will have to mandatorily share complete data of their voters with the federal government. However, Democrats and human rights activists have strongly opposed this law, saying that incidents like voter fraud are very rare in America and the real purpose of this law is to suppress the legitimate votes of poor and minority voters.