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You're referencing this executive order (Wikipedia), right? (For what follows: I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, I am just some Internet dweeb!) I think the order has been struck down as unconstitutional. Not that ICE is gonna respect that, not that the feds are gonna follow the laws that they wrote unless it benefits the capitalists they serve. As I said, Trump will try to cancel midterms like he tried to cancel birthright citizenship, but he won't be able to do it unless it is a matter of survival for the capitalists.
And it is my view that the elections serve capitalists as a class, if not the current ruling faction of capital, since from their perspective, this is a democracy. If, say, PSL had a chance of winning, then elections would get yeeted into the Sun. But since both parties are captured, in particular the Democrats, then the occurrence of elections is safe for the system.
Nope. The supreme court (Partisan trump loyalists) are voting on it later this year.