US President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to nationalise elections and repeated his false claims of 2020 election fraud in a new podcast interview. American elections are primarily run by state law, and voting has long been administered by local officials across the country. The Republicans should say: 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalise the voting, Trump stated during a podcast appearance with Dan Bongino, a former deputy FBI director.

These comments arrive just days after the FBI raided an elections office in Georgia to examine voting records linked to the 2020 election, which Trump famously lost to Joe Biden. During the interview, he failed to provide specifics on which 15 places Republicans should take control. Trump also suggested that if Republicans do not address the issue of illegal immigration, they would struggle to win future elections. He characterized the FBI's investigation in Georgia as a concerning development, hinting at forthcoming revelations from the situation.

Despite assertions that he won the 2020 election in a landslide, Trump’s claims of widespread voting fraud remain unsubstantiated. His position is amidst ongoing legal challenges regarding election interference in Georgia and other related issues.