In a 23-minute primetime address from the White House, President Trump placed election integrity at the center of his second term's defining struggle — a contest over who may vote, how ballots are cast, and which party controls the rules of democratic participation. The administration paired the speech with federal data on potential noncitizen registrations, a new joint DOJ-DHS enforcement website, and renewed pressure on Republican lawmakers to pass the SAVE Act before the midterm window narrows. The moment reflects a recurring tension in democratic societies: the competing imperatives of exp