Trump regrets not seizing voting machines after 2020 election loss

President says he should have' used national guard to seize machines in support of false claim that election was rigged

Donald Trump has said he regrets not getting the US national guard to seize voting machines after his 2020 election defeat ended his first presidency, as he continues to falsely claim that he won the race. But he has also questioned whether national guard troops would be sophisticated enough" to pull something like that off.

Trump made those remarks in an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday. The outlet had questioned him about a plan reportedly floated in late 2020, after he lost that year's presidential election to Joe Biden, to seize voting machines in several key swing states in an effort to search for evidence of fraud.