On July 19th, after Spain defeated Argentina during the 2026 World Cup final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino could have used a hook. His allies have pursued aggressive redistricting, backed stricter voting rules in some states, challenged election procedures, and continued to cast doubt on election integrity. But despite the heated rhetoric, the American system contains constitutional barriers to any president cancelling an election or simply refusing to leave office. Thousands of state and local election officials — not the president — oversee voting and vote counting. Ancient Jewish wisdom warned us.