The orange muppet is picking a fight with mexico now after his failed attempt to take Greenland, and bolstered by his recent win using microwave weapons (surely that's Geneva convention material?). This dingdong is gonna get us all in ww3.
And allow him to keep power beyond his term limits? All actions point towards that being the goal.
We held elections during the US Civil War. We'd have to have an event that makes the Civil War look like a walk in the park to even have a chance of justifying skipping elections in 2026 or 2028.