President Donald Trump claims his offer to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans keep control of Congress is "100 percent" on track — and that he knows “exactly how” to come up with the budget-busting amount of cash. Trump was pressed by reporters about the proposal — which Democrats have called an attempt to bribe voters ahead of November's midterm elections — before leaving Ireland, where he attended a golf tournament at his Doonbeg resort. When asked if he way to fund the plan, Trump insisted, “I know exactly how we’re going to pay it” before quickly changing the subject.
They said that the 1776 for the military — $1,776 — would never happen. They were paid,” the president said. The president also said he didn't want to give Americans the money before the elections because if Democrats win, “our country will be in shambles and they won’t be able to do it.” “If the Democrats get in, they won’t be able to pay it.
With me — I’ve always made money. Now I make a lot of money for the country,” said Trump, who reported at least $2.2 billion in income while in office last year. Experts have said Trump's proposed payments would total more than $1.2 trillion, on top of a fiscal 2026 budget deficit that the Treasury Department pegs at nearly $2 trillion.
The president has claimed he doesn't need congressional approval for the “Trump dividend” checks he announced during last week's Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, which took place as polls show Democrats with an average 6.6 percent lead in the so-called generic congressional ballot. But Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said Sunday that Trump would “need Congress to act.” During an appearance on CNN's State of the Union that preceded Trump’s remarks, Johnson called the one-time payments “a creative idea” that “got a lot of people excited.” “Of course, the devil's in the details. We have to figure all that out,” he said.
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