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NEW: A far-right media host urged Trump to exert sweeping control over the midterms by declaring a national security emergency. The president's response? An alarming remark that signals his willingness to do so. "Let me just say stranger things have happened...I'll leave it at that."

democracydocket.comTrump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections"Stranger things have happened,” Trump said after a far-right media host implored him to declare a national security emergency on elections.

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First, he actually needs to do something. He's talking crap. Second, any order will immediately be taken to court and likely injuncted. He's already lost 21 voting cases and election day is still a ways off. It may still get messy, but I'm not losing sleep over this.

A view from Scotland. I don't know why you Americans are getting so worked up about the mid-terms. Face it. The reality is that if Trump thinks he's going to lose he'll do something, anything at all, to prevent the mid-terms from happening. He's pretty much said that.