Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino interviewed President Trump for the first time since returning to his show after leaving the FBI. In the interview, Bongino and Trump discussed the Monroe Doctrine, Iran, and his health. During the latter part of the interview, Trump suggested Republicans should take over elections. Watch here: Trump calls in to the Dan Bongino Show: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting.'” pic.twitter.com/DqHFgfL97v — FactPost (@factpostnews) February 2, 2026 Watch another clip of Trump’s interview with Bongino below: NEW Dan Bongino show is back, With President Trump as the first guest! Dan explains the “Donroe Doctrine” and importance of controlling the western hemisphere as threat level is high. Trump rips Biden then explains America is respected again pic.twitter.com/HE51ncXvPR — J (@JayTC53) February 2, 2026 Politico reported more on Trump’s appearance on the Dan Bongino Show: President Donald Trump said Monday that Republicans should nationalize elections, continuing to double down on false conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The suggestion — which runs contrary to the Constitution’s delegation of election administration to state governments — comes less than a week after the FBI raided an elections office outside Atlanta, seizing ballots and other voting records from the 2020 election. “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” he said during an appearance on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast, which he relaunched Monday. The president repeatedly insisted that he won the 2020 election “in a landslide,” alleging without evidence that people “voted illegally” in the election. He also nodded to the FBI’s raid in Fulton County, Georgia, teasing that “you’re going to see some interesting things come out” in Georgia. The interview reportedly brought so much traffic to Rumble that it resulted in the site crashing: Did President Trump and Dan Bongino break rumble this morning? pic.twitter.com/D5rjCvFMBr — Karli Bonne’ (@KarluskaP) February 2, 2026 Watch the full interview below: