New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- US President Donald Trump threatened to bypass Congress and force stringent new voter ID laws ahead of November midterm elections. In a statement on Friday, Trump said, "There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!"

"Also, the People of our Country are insisting on Citizenship, and No Mail-In Ballots, with exceptions for Military, Disability, Illness, or Travel," he added in a TRUTH post on Friday.

While many jurisdictions across the United States require photo ID to cast ballots, not all do, with Trump and many Republicans arguing without evidence that those areas have permitted significant voter fraud.

Trump did not explain how he would go about imposing such rules, wh...