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Trump promises every US adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterm elections
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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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Ironically, you could almost argue that what he's proposing is a sort of social programーjust an extremely clunky and ill-conceived (and likely illegal) one.
It is wildly illegal. Would be great if this crime finally did him in.
Elon didn't get jail time or fined. When you're famous, they let you do it, as he said.
I've argued before that people would be more likely to vote if it came with a small tax break
Isn’t this UBI?
Nah, UBI is a steady monthly payment you can count on.
This is just a straight up one time promise of a bribe that likely won't happen and burn Republicans even harder.
trump should have lost trust decades ago, but he's actually lost a lot in the last two years