President Donald Trump promised to give every American adult a $5,000 ‘dividend’ if Republicans hold both chambers of Congress in November.
He made the pledge during his remarks at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas on Wednesday evening.
‘If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000,’ Trump stated on stage as over 21,000 convention attendees looked on. ‘It will be called the Trump Dividend,’ he added.
He likened the payments to a corporation’s distributions to shareholders, citing ‘our tremendous strength and success economically.’
The proposal would cost at least $1 trillion. It reflected Trump’s apparent calculation that he needs bold moves to revive
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