President Donald Trump promised a $5,000 payment to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November, putting a potential $1.2 trillion cash payout at the center of his party's midterm pitch.
"If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000," Trump told the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday. He described the payment as a "Trump dividend" and said recipients would have to spend the money in the United States, but he did not lay out a detailed funding mechanism or explain how such a restriction would work.
