Trump promised $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms. How would that work? – PBS

Trump promised $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms. How would that work?  PBS

President Donald Trump promised on Wednesday to send every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans keep control of the U.S. House and Senate after the midterm elections. "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000," Trump told the crowd at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. "It will be called the Trump dividend." WATCH: Trump promises $5,000 'dividend' for Americans if GOP wins midterms Trump said the rationale behind the President Donald Trump promised on Wednesday to send every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans keep control of the U.S. House and Senate after the midterm elections. "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000," Trump told the crowd at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas.

"It will be called the Trump dividend." WATCH: Trump promises $5,000 'dividend' for Americans if GOP wins midterms Trump said the rationale behind the proposal was the country's "tremendous economic success," saying the U.S. "is making so much money." He compared the dividend check to successful companies distributing cash to shareholders, and to his administration's decision to give members of the military checks for $1,776 in December. Asked about how the government would pay for the dividend checks, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that some of the money would come from tariff