00:00Last night, Trump promised Americans $5,000, but only if Republicans win the midterms.
00:05Here's what's happening.
00:06At the first ever Republican midterm convention in Dallas,
00:09Trump announced he's giving every citizen a $5,000 check.
00:13I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.
00:22He's calling it the Trump dividend.
00:24The condition, in his words, Republicans have to win both the House and Senate in November.
00:29With about 245 million adult citizens, the Census Bureau's count puts the price tag at over a trillion dollars.
00:36Trump says it's coming from tariff revenue, but gave no real plan for how.
00:40He even hedged it himself on stage.
00:42If the Republicans win, if you win, we might not win.
00:45But he can't send these checks himself.
00:47Congress would have to approve the money, and it likely couldn't go out before 2027 after you've already voted.
00:53The White House says it's just tariff money coming back to Americans.
00:57Democrats, like Gavin Newsom, call it buying votes.
01:00And legal experts cited by the AP are split.
01:03The payment isn't tied to how any one person votes, so some call it a normal campaign promise,
01:07while others call it a serious legal problem.
01:10This is now the third dividend promise from Trump.
01:12The Doge dividend and the $2,000 tariff rebate both never happen.
01:17But would $5,000 change your vote, or does that cross a line?
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01:22Let us know in the comments, and we'll see you next time.
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