Trump Claims He'll Pay Every US Citizen $5,000 If Republicans Win Midterms (He Won't)

The president doesn’t have the authority to just send everyone checks.

Senior Reporter, HuffPost

With his party facing electoral disaster, President Donald Trump delivered a lengthy, muddled “midterm convention” speech in which he begged his supporters to vote in November — and preposterously claimed that he will send $5,000 checks to every adult citizen in the US if Republicans hold onto Congress.

It’s not the first time in his second term Trump has claimed Americans will receive free money from his administration, even though a president doesn’t have the authority to send out such payments without congressional authorisation. The promise seemed to be an act of desperation.

“If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000, it will be called the Trump dividend,” Trump said........

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