President Donald Trump promised every adult US citizen a $5,000 payment if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in November, dangling a cash incentive as he urged supporters to treat the midterm elections like another presidential race.
Speaking at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, Trump unveiled what he called the “Trump dividend.”
“If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend,” he said.
He said the proposed payments would be “very much like a successful company will do a cash distribution to its shareholders.”
The dividend “must be spent in the United…
