President Donald Trump posted on social media platform X on October 5, claiming that 125 million people voted in the first round of India’s Presidential Election and that the results were released on the same day. He contrasted this with U.S. elections, alleging that results in cities and states with much smaller voter turnout often take weeks to “rig,” or as he said, “calculate.”

“In Detroit, Philadelphia, California, and numerous other U.S. Cities and States, the results, with much smaller numbers, will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate,” Trump wrote. “Voting in America is CORRUPT!!!”