President Donald Trump has bragged that his bizarre Thursday night speech drew a “big audience”—before the numbers had even come out. Trump, 80, claimed without evidence in a Truth Social post on Friday morning that his primetime speech on “shocking vulnerabilities” in U.

The speech comes as President Trump has escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November's midterm elections.

President Donald Trump alleged that vulnerabilities exist in American election systems. However, declassified documents his administration released largely discuss vulnerabilities known for years and that election officials around the country have tried to address.

What did Trump say in his speech? Here's what he said Thursday night about midterm elections, voters, the SAVE America Act and other key takeaways.

Donald Trump will address the nation on July16 in a televised speech that will reportedly focus on election security amid this year's midterms.

Some major TV networks showed President Donald Trump’s prime-time address live on Thursday night while others pointedly did not — a divide that highlighted Trump’s long record of lying and renewed discussion about the news media’s responsibilities.