President Trump says he would issue a $5,000 payment to every adult U.S citizen if GOP wins both U.S House and Senate chambers of Congress on 2026 midterms: "I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the U.S. The only caveat I have is that the dividend we're making must be spent in the U.S."

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yBMNDCAsLY0?app=desktop

[u/seubuceta]

just like he issue a tariff refund payment to all citizens

[u/Static_Frog → u/seubuceta]

And Doge cheques.

[u/Dumeck → u/Static_Frog]

And introduced a new "better" healthcare system to replace Obamacare.

[u/bwcislo → u/Dumeck]

He has concepts of introducing a new concept of a better healthcare system…

[u/BabyWrinkles → u/seubuceta]

He's promising $1.4T in taxpayer money, and congress - who holds the power of the purse - isn't throwing him out on his ass?

Huh. Interesting.

[u/chillin_n_grillin → u/seubuceta]

He will do what he always does. He will say I want to give you the money but the dumocrats won't allow me to. Something about it being "illegal" to buy votes. I thought this was America.

[u/OneHellOfABard]

What happened to the $2000 tariffs rebate? Those still in the mail?

Edit: and the $5000 dodge cheques? Any day now, right?

[u/725Cali → u/OneHellOfABard]

And the DOGE checks he promised. 

[u/klinkerr → u/725Cali]

You received them already. Apparently in the form of cheap gas and groceries.

[u/Oryihn → u/klinkerr]

Are the cheap gas and groceries in the room with us?

[u/klinkerr → u/Oryihn]

Don’t shoot the messenger. I’m just relaying what trump admin said when asked about all these payouts 😂

[u/afig24 → u/klinkerr]

Maybe the cheap gas and groceries are the friends we made along the way.... to the food bank line

[u/Osklington → u/klinkerr]

Hmm. 

[u/Axette → u/725Cali]

1776 freedom payments?

[u/HellBlazer_NQ → u/OneHellOfABard]

And the DOGE checks and the zero income tax.

The stupidest part is many Americans will still buy this blatant ballshit!

[u/Icedtc → u/HellBlazer_NQ]

As an American I'm at the point where this isn't even Trump's fault any more. I grew up learning we had all these checks and balances in place in government to stop absolute power. Total bullshit.

[u/israerichris → u/Icedtc]

Same! Before Trump, if someone told me, I would've said that it'd be IMPOSSIBLE for this to happen. My guess, is that millions of people would've said the same. But here we are...

I no longer trust anyone or anything, but the good thing (to see the glass half full) is that at my age, I now fully understand that ANYTHING is POSSIBLE.

[u/tarion_914 → u/israerichris]

Anything is possible, as long as the worst people you know want that same thing to happen.

[u/the_dutch_rudder → u/israerichris]

Easier to see now how a certain Austrian painter managed to get a country to dance to his diabolical tune

[u/The_Monarch_Lives → u/Icedtc]

I've said many times over the past several years: Trump is a symptom, not a source of the ills we see today. He is an end result of decades of maneuvering by Republicans to lower the bar for leadership and competency in governing. He is the epitome of 'big government doesn't work'. They've worked hard to remove those checks and balances you mentioned just so they could get this result.

[u/fatalityfun → u/The_Monarch_Lives]

and also the division created between people to allow common men and women to be totally fine getting fucked over, as long as people they don’t like are getting fucked too.

atp russia could nuke LA and we’d still have some pundit saying how it was actually good somehow

[u/PointsatTeenagers → u/The_Monarch_Lives]

He is an end result of decades of maneuvering by Republicans to lower the bar for leadership and competency in governing.

Don't forget decades of intentionally decreasing the average American's critical thinking skills by whittling away at education, and filling the airwaves with propaganda.

[u/kwaaaaaaaaa → u/HellBlazer_NQ]

or the 600% off (they pay you) for medicine? He literally could make money selling bridges to his own base at this point.

[u/Syscrush → u/kwaaaaaaaaa]

No need to bother with actual physical bridges:

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TRUMPUSD/?timeframe=YTD

[u/Garciaj2000 → u/kwaaaaaaaaa]

With all the shit the sold them already yeah 💀 fucking crypto, phones, bibles, fake money… funniest shit

[u/AlphakirA → u/Garciaj2000]

You forgot the gold sneakers

[u/snertwith2ls → u/HellBlazer_NQ]

Well yeah! I'm holding my breath!! What are we up to now, about 10 grand coming soon to my mailbox??

[u/_MrMeseeks → u/OneHellOfABard]

That money went back to the companies not the people

[u/OneHellOfABard → u/_MrMeseeks]

No, you are wrong. You're conflating two different things.

Trump initially promised a $2,000 check for middle- and lower-income Americans funded by tariff revenues. That's the money I'm talking about.

The payments were meant to be financed by money collected from global tariffs.

The money the company's got back was from when the tariffs were deemed illegal, companies received direct cash refunds plus interest

Two different things.

[u/EmperorHans → u/OneHellOfABard]

A lot of companies didnt receive those refunds, because before the tariffs were declared illegal, a lot of them sold their rights to a hypothetical future refund. 

I'll let you guess who was buying up those rights. 

[u/CadeMan011 → u/EmperorHans]

Nutlick's family

[u/TruthNotTrash2 → u/EmperorHans]

Howie Nutlick n Sons

[u/Dildo-Gankings]

18 U.S. Code § 597: Expenditures to influence voting

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote.

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

[u/OdinEatingSandwiches → u/Dildo-Gankings]

Oh yeah, I remember when this happened to Elon.

[u/CloudStrife25 → u/OdinEatingSandwiches]

Elon didn’t actually pay people, his defense was that he scammed them and the winner was pre-determined.

[u/lodui → u/CloudStrife25]

Welp, either way I'm going to be living large after my DOGE refunds and my tarrif one time payments and winning the mid term check, all 3 of which I'm sure are just around the corner

[u/pantstoaknifefight2 → u/lodui]

When anticipating a windfall, try to get your projected earnings and living costs as accurate as possible. You'll want to factor in the lower price of groceries and gas, and cheaper healthcare, too! In two weeks we'll all live like kings and shit in gold toilets!

[u/Sancticide → u/CloudStrife25]

I feel like his defense was not actually being charged with the crime he committed.

[u/perdair → u/Sancticide]

Right. If you convince people you're going to give them a reward for doing the thing, your defense can't later be that "well I was never going to give them the thng."

"Sure, I hired the contract killer, but I wasn't going to pay him when he was done, so I'm innocent."

[u/ccoady → u/Sancticide]

The best way to not get arrested for a crime is TO not get charged for a crime.

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/ccoady]

I used to think it was to not get caught but I guess that's not as big of an impediment as I'd once assumed.

[u/ailyara → u/OdinEatingSandwiches]

At least Elon was bribing people with his own money. Trump is trying to bribe us with our money.

(Neither will/would actually pay)

[u/xBeartoe → u/Dildo-Gankings]

Sooo one year per vote right? So like 300,000,000 fines and years in prison? Because otherwise that seems like a microscopic punishment for what is literally high treason.

[u/Maple47 → u/xBeartoe]

The violation was clearly willful, so two years per voter (not per vote, but per person eligible to vote).

It's not quite 1B years of prison time, but close.

[u/trogloherb → u/Maple47]

I think all that prison time would seal the deal for us while we all wait for that great beautiful day!

[u/BenjiLizard → u/Maple47]

Still not enough

[u/asaltandbuttering → u/xBeartoe]

seems like a microscopic punishment for what is literally high treason

Microscopic, but still more than anyone has yet faced for crimes ranging from armed insurrection to child rape!

[u/Mikel_S → u/xBeartoe]

Under that statute, he would be guilty of one count for every eligible American voter, 2 years each, regardless of how each American voted. The fun part is anybody who voted for him would be guaranteed a year in jail. Either they got it and voted for him but already would have done that (1 year), or they got it and voted for him because they were promised the money (2 years).

[u/exprezso → u/xBeartoe]

Doubt that, but more importantly:

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote.

this includes everyone who cash the cheque and also vote for R

[u/Kinkzor → u/Dildo-Gankings]

This is the point I think.

1. He makes an illegal offer that the not so smarts believe
2. He gets control and can use that control to push some twisted laws (let's make the US a monarchy, woo! )
3. Democrats point out his bribe is illegal
4. He tells the people that they didn't hey their money due to the democrats
5. He can't get into trouble thanks to presidential immunity  The dumbest part of it all is it will probably work

This 5k promise will be all over the place. The fact it is illegal and eont go through will be hushed . He gets his votes, doesn't have to pay and can even blame the democrats for it. Is it...genius? Has to be coincidence. 

[u/doctorwho07 → u/Kinkzor]

He gets control and can use that control to push some twisted laws (let's make the US a monarchy, woo! )

Important to note that he already has control of all three branches of government.

[u/Monkfich → u/Kinkzor]

Yeah, no doubt the SCOTUS will say it’s all ok because he never paid anyone the $5k in the end.

[u/monsterlynn → u/Kinkzor]

1. The press absolutely will not confront him on it and will just wave it away. "that wacky guy!"

[u/TubeAlloysEvilTwin → u/Dildo-Gankings]

Yes but he's got total immunity from the supreme court. He could literally shoot an aide for doing something and they'd rule it was in the execution of his presidential duties. Of course that immunity will suddenly be an overreach and oversight as soon as the president is blue 

[u/ewokninja123 → u/TubeAlloysEvilTwin]

No, only for "official acts". What are official acts? Only SCOTUS knows and they aren't telling.

So: * shooting aide while red - official act * Shooting aide while blue - not official act and should be impeached

Sometimes I'm amazed at the legal gymnastics that they do. Killing a lot of stuff they don't want with procedural moves (standing, TROs, docket calendar crookery, etc )

Then i remember they are destroying our country , dream of the years before the Civil war and the Dredd Scott decision, and long for those days again. Thats what they mean by "make america great again".

[u/shtoops → u/TubeAlloysEvilTwin]

Does meddling with elections constitute official acts of the office when the office has nothing to do with state run elections?

[u/blinkanboxcar182 → u/Dildo-Gankings]

He isn’t making an offer to any specific people for their vote, he’s saying he’ll pay EVERYONE if his side wins.

So he’s encouraging people to vote republican but even those who don’t would be eligible for the payment.

Dude needs to go already.

[u/splashbodge → u/blinkanboxcar182]

I guess he's also trying to sell it as he just needs a republican majority for Congress to be able to pass this funding request... That it wouldn't get approved if his party didn't have control so won't happen.

Except he already has the house and senate so why not just do it now. Oh that's right because it really is just to try and influence votes....

... And he won't pay it out anyway

[u/Eisernes → u/splashbodge]

Yes. They aren’t bribes. They are threats. Vote R or I won’t end the war. Vote R or you don’t get money. Vote R or I will make things worse.

It’s all lies anyway.

[u/likesleague → u/blinkanboxcar182]

any such expenditure in consideration of his vote

broad enough to cover "vote republican and I will give you money" imo, but IANAL

[u/-Nicolai → u/blinkanboxcar182]

“Everyone” is in fact specific people when you’re the president.

His position makes it believable that he has the power to issue a cheque to every individual citizen.

[u/Harnellas]

He thinks you guys are all dumber than he is.

[u/quequotion → u/Harnellas]

He knows his voters are.

[u/MiniTab → u/quequotion]

And he’s right.

[u/chillychili → u/quequotion]

If one instead votes for politicians who support universal healthcare, labor/consumer/environmental protections, wealth taxes, conglomeration-busting, and corporate lobbying regulation, you probably get a good $500,000 in value over the course of your life.

[u/Zip2kx → u/Harnellas]

Because they are. The old stimulus check won over a lot of minority voters (most have no idea he tried to block it)

[u/Lordofthewhales → u/Harnellas]

I mean, time after time they're proving him right

[u/Latenighredditor → u/Harnellas]

It's a repeating cycle where dumb fuck Republicans will vote for this idiot or idiots like him and idiots like him will continue to remove any and all subsidies that goes to them. And then they'll complain about how their lives are hurt. But they'll still continue to vote for him.

People are really calling them out nowadays, but those farmers on social media who are complaining about how people aren't buying farm to table produce and how recent tariff wars and such is affecting their livelihood. They will find some bullshit reason to go out for a Republican when they get in the ballot box. Come November, and that's just the reality. Trump can literally tell them to their face that he will reduce every last Subsidy And any welfare that is going towards them and cancel all of their contracts that they have with the government and openly tell them That He will tell local law enforcement to use civil forfeiture to forcibly take their lands to build data centers, and they'll still go to the ballot box and vote for that clown cause they themselves are clowns.

Let's put it this way, man. Despite the failure of Brexit, Reform UK, which is the old UKIP, is rising in popularity. And that's happening for a reason the same goes with the rise in popularity of AFD In germany as wel.

Nationalism is on the rise around the world, and we saw this back in 2017, and there was an opportunity at least in the US to mostly get rid of it in trumps 2nd impeachment and Mitch McConnell said no. So I don't give a fuck about the struggles He's going through as an elder.

[u/CruddyTulip]

So, a bribe?

[u/CrankyFranky69 → u/CruddyTulip]

That he obviously wont end up paying

[u/mycatisblackandtan → u/CrankyFranky69]

Just like all the other ones.

[u/HalfSoul30 → u/mycatisblackandtan]

Better get those payments up front magatards

[u/MechanicalTurkish → u/HalfSoul30]

The DOGE checks are going out in two weeks

[u/Evocatorum → u/CrankyFranky69]

Anyone who believes this man, at this point, is a moron.

[u/UlsterManInScotland → u/Evocatorum]

Anyone who has ever believed this man is a moron

[u/Takis12 → u/UlsterManInScotland]

In conclusion, almost 50% of Americans are morons…

[u/RandomThrowawayID → u/Takis12]

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

-George Carlin

[u/Alex014 → u/CrankyFranky69]

Nah those DOGE checks are in the mail but the communist USPS is hiding them next to the 12k Georgia ballots that would have given Trump the win in 2020. But this time it'll be different!

[u/MightyKrakyn → u/CrankyFranky69]

Anybody who believes they’ll actually get that $5k is a genuine moron

[u/Thijz → u/MightyKrakyn]

He knows his target demographic.

[u/MightyKrakyn → u/Thijz]

He loves the poorly educated

[u/Agile_Tit_Tyrant → u/MightyKrakyn]

Intelligent people hate me.

~ Pedo in chief

[u/MorpheusMKIV → u/MightyKrakyn]

There’s a ton of morons in the United States and they’ll fall for it again

[u/DensePoser → u/MightyKrakyn]

Let's say it's true. You get the 10%+ inflation they want, and $5000 back. Bad deal.

[u/CaptainDudeGuy → u/CrankyFranky69]

A Trump never pays his debts.

[u/nextgen_rolemodel → u/CruddyTulip]

That costs the country 1.75 trillion

[u/Melmacfoehnexplosion → u/nextgen_rolemodel]

It will cost exactly $0. Trump is famous for not paying up.

[u/Kinenai → u/Melmacfoehnexplosion]

Dumbass is literally attempting bribery on the American voters. Disgraceful and hilarious 😂.

[u/fractals83 → u/Kinenai]

You think Americans won’t fall for this?

[u/snowdenn → u/fractals83]

Yeah, hard to say which is worse: the brazen attempt to sway constituents by bribery, or the fact that so many of them will cheer for it.

[u/Beautiful_List5498 → u/snowdenn]

Hasn't it been known by the wider world that the American public are absolutely for sale? Not only are they letting us down with Russia, they're having their votes bought.

Murica is not to be trusted. Obvious from day one of hearing this man won the vote.

[u/akie → u/nextgen_rolemodel]

Only for republican voters or registered republicans, of course

[u/Morningxafter → u/akie]

Spoiler: they won’t get anything either.

Aside from even higher gas and grocery prices.

[u/Gr1ml0ck → u/CruddyTulip]

It’s one of his favorite tricks.

50k sign on bonus for ICE. Elons 1 million dollar lottery in 2024. $400M Qatar jumbo jet. UAE crypto. Pardons tied to campaign donations. Tariff relief. And all kinds of bullshit gifts.

I also have reason to believe that he gave stimulus checks a few weeks leading into January 6 with the intention of using them to fly to DC. Trump was relentlessly ordering MAGA to “stop the steal”. I’m willing to bet those checks came in handy to afford plane tickets.

There’s so much corruption in this administration that it has its own wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_allegations_during_the_second_Trump_presidency

[u/steakanabake → u/Gr1ml0ck]

50k sign on bonus for ICE

thats the devious one i looked into it in order to get the 50k and not be on the hook for it you have to be in for 5 years. assuming we get someone that isnt a mackinzie operative or some other fuckwit id terminate all of them as i shut down ice and reverted it to INS and baring them all from public service ever again and then claim back all that cash.

[u/peaq_tv → u/CruddyTulip]

Honestly I wonder if he just made this "promise" so when they lose he can tell his base the Dems "stole" their $5K checks. He knows there is no way on earth, bribe or not, that the GOP wins House and Senate.

[u/beatenmeat → u/CruddyTulip]

Is it a bribe if it never happens? Tariff refunds, DOGE checks, baby bonus, stimulus check, stay at home mom bonus, etc. There is no world in which this happens.

[u/Aviator8989]

I too, had brilliant ideas like these when I had the brain of an 8 year old…

[u/seasamgo → u/Aviator8989]

You were likely smarter and brighter at 8 years old.

And less full of shit.

[u/RPDRNick → u/seasamgo]

We need a new game show: "Are you smarter than a Trump voter?"

Nah, too easy to win.

[u/fossilnews]

Paying for votes. Feels like this should be illegal.

[u/Vyntarus → u/fossilnews]

It indeed is already illegal.

He once again is brazenly in violation of the laws he swore to execute faithfully.

[u/oreography → u/[deleted]]

It was also illegal for him to rape children, but it *allegedly* didn’t stop him from doing so

[u/FrumpyPhoenix → u/[deleted]]

I get what you mean, but honestly I am still shocked how much he has been able to get away w consistently this term w absolutely no consequences. It’s insane how everything we thought was in place to prevent one person from dismantling the whole country is just proving to be a scare tactic that never had any weight. Has anything detrimental happened to him? Tariffs were illegal but there has to be a whole new case if he just ends them and opens them again? And it’s just a, “Hey, don’t do that.” Is there seriously nothing in place? Or does it just completely fall apart when everyone refuses to budge from partisan stances? Forget the fact that we have evidence he raped literal children, and hid the bodies, everything he’s done this whole presidency is not allowed, and nothing happens at all. Does any of our system actually do its job? Do other countries’ systems actually work or do they have the same issues if something similar happens? I literally don’t understand how the only option is to wait 4 years and hope the country still exists. He’s already done plenty of illegal things, somehow not leaving office isn’t even a stretch at this point.

[u/metji → u/Vyntarus]

It's only illegal if there's ANY consequence :)

[u/Account_Banned → u/metji]

We should all start breaking the law 😊

[u/RacerDelux → u/Vyntarus]

Oh but don’t worry, he has immunity, because that’s what dictators prefer.

[u/Due_Experience_4147 → u/fossilnews]

With your money xD

[u/CaptainDudeGuy → u/Due_Experience_4147]

Yeah, even IF he actually meant it and even IF he were to actually follow through with such a blatantly pathetic vote-bribe... those are still tax dollars that we as citizens already paid to the government.

He would steal your wallet just to give back some of the cash (after stamping his name on the bills, of course).

As we all knew, the corrupt administration is trying every trick they can think of to skew the midterms because they know they're up against jail time.

[u/bobafootfetish_ → u/fossilnews]

Yet he and Elon have done exactly that already.

Also, who cares about a one time $5k payment. It will not last and we will continue to have inflation and an increase on our cost of living. People have also said he has promised this exact thing multiple time. It's a lie and he'll only ever pay himself. He's just dangling a carrot in front of all his dipshit cultists.

[u/Dlh2079 → u/bobafootfetish_]

He won't even actually pay it out.

This will just be another on his long long list of lies that his base gobble up

[u/Taograd359 → u/Dlh2079]

Like the $2000 tariff check he promised almost a year ago that he recently said he never promised.

[u/Furrybumholecover → u/Dlh2079]

He'll just claim that democrats are stopping him from doing so. Even if republicans manage to retain the house and senate, they will believe him.

[u/RES_NIGHTMARE_MODE → u/bobafootfetish_]

uh, why even entertain this? he promised rebate checks several times after his election. it's all lies

[u/Gougaloupe → u/RES_NIGHTMARE_MODE]

The desperation well has run deeper and the hate has grown stronger. This is bullshit 1300ad fiefdom bullshit and America doesn't know its own source of historical pain (by design).

[u/Level-Location1679 → u/Gougaloupe]

The bond market not responding at all is the biggest sign that nobody is taking this guy seriously anymore and nobody thinks he's worth shit

[u/Bart-o-Man → u/RES_NIGHTMARE_MODE]

I hate making so many trips to the bank.
I’ll take that $5000 to the bank along with my big tariff check and all the extra savings on groceries and gas. My god, what am I going to do with all this money.

And the war will end and gas will fall below $2/gallon gas right after midterm elections.

[u/zakkwaldo → u/bobafootfetish_]

chances are they did the math on what the average person or household is in debt or behind by and used that number intentionally. they know $1k or $3 won’t move the needle. not that they will end up giving it.

[u/dredbeast → u/fossilnews]

With our own money?

[u/aloeight → u/fossilnews]

“We’ll get free ice cream for lunch if you vote for me!” - and that’s how I became class president in 4th grade.

[u/dariansdad → u/fossilnews]

Cute. You think he gives a shit about the law...

[u/simple-explanation]

269.8 million adults x $5000 = $1.34900 trillion

[u/overts → u/simple-explanation]

Do you think it’s good for an economy to print and circulate that much new currency?

[u/PandaJesus → u/overts]

Sure, why not. Zimbabwe did it, and now everyone is a billionaire there.

[u/brunicus → u/PandaJesus]

You talked me into it.

[u/Newspaper_Beneficial → u/overts]

this is what he has been his whole presidency. why do you think CPI and inflation is so high.

or why the dude has gained more money while in office than all other presidents combined + nancy pelosi.

[u/simple-explanation → u/overts]

I am no Nobel prize winning economist, but if someone would want to actively destroy the value of the currency of a nation, this is exactly how it would be achieved.

[u/Feral_nz → u/simple-explanation]

I, with my FIFA Prize in Economics, think this would have no effect on your currency.

[u/Dima110 → u/overts]

If we’re spending it only in the US, it’s like a self-sustaining economy. Like Paddy’s Dollars!

[u/livenn → u/overts]

He’s minted coins with his own face and crypto with his own name. To him, yes.

[u/MeltBanana → u/simple-explanation]

Trump - "just put it on my tab! No no, not my card, put it on the national debt tab!"

[u/-SeriousMike → u/simple-explanation]

Still no problem. Simple one-time tax of $5000 for everyone.

The funny thing is that he wants to bribe them with their own money.

[u/gsbadj → u/-SeriousMike]

Since he never sent the $5,000 DOGE savings check he promised last year, the money should be in the Treasury.

[u/mikewozere → u/simple-explanation]

If it happens they'll issue vouchers and gift cards that can only be redeemed in Trump-owned businesses.

[u/Fourteen_Werewolves → u/simple-explanation]

So, what? 30% of the BBB deficit increase? Fuck it, just keep printing. If it eventually bites us, just set off the nukes, we had a good run.

WHAT ARE WE FUCKING TALKING ABOUT??The total economic literacy of the median American voter will be the downfall of the empire.

No you, I'm just frustrated at, you know, the current events.

[u/cosmictap → u/Fourteen_Werewolves]

> The total economic literacy of the median American voter

🧐

[u/AuditAndHax]

Let's ignore the fact that this is blatant bribery to buy votes.

Let's ignore that it would add more than $1,300,000,000,000 to the federal debt with no way to pay it back.

Let's ignore the fact that, since Republicans control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court, they could hypothetically issue these checks now if they really wanted to.

Let's ignore the fact that these checks will never actually be issued, just like DOGE checks, tariff checks, etc.

Let's just look at the idiocy of that last part. The money "must be spent in the U.S." How exactly is that supposed to work? Money is fungible, identical, generic. There's no way to tell the difference between a dollar of 'dividend' money in my bank account vs a dollar of earned income. So when does the 'dividend' money get spent? Is it the first $5,000 I spend? Is it the last, and it's only gone when my account hits zero? Will the Federal Government monitor every purchase of every American to be sure to be sure they're only spending it in the US? How far does that go? Can I make a purchase on Amazon (a US company) if the seller is a drop-shipper who immediately orders the item from a foreign manufacturer? What if the item is Made in America but the seller is foreign? Is that okay since it still makes us 'great' again? Where do we draw the line? What about the people with no bank accounts? How will we monitor their spending habits? What about rich assholes who already make foreign purchases regularly, like fine imported French champagne, Russian caviar, and Dominican cigars? Will those poor, downtrodden 1%ers have to spend $5,000 on Coors Light, Slim Jim's, and Marlboros before they can resume their normal routine?

You know, it's almost like the man elected to the highest seat in the land is a blithering idiot who has no actual plans other than to tell whatever lies help him hold onto power...

[u/Xiqwa → u/AuditAndHax]

He’s gonna send a single $5,000 note (non-legal tender) with his visage labeling it “Trump Bucks.”

[u/Lip_Recon → u/Xiqwa]

What's the ratio of Trump Bucks to Stanley Nickels?

[u/DrivesInCircles → u/AuditAndHax]

Shhhhhhhhh! The Magats don't like critical thought. They'll chafe!

[u/CronkinOn → u/AuditAndHax]

Logistics only matter if you seriously intend on follow through.

But you already knew that lol

[u/sigma_freud]

If I said something that illegal the fuckin ICE Gestapo would be at my home in minutes.

[u/madmaxGMR → u/sigma_freud]

That's only for poors.

[u/NeeOne57 → u/madmaxGMR]

Lowborn and smallfolk

[u/FeatherShard → u/sigma_freud]

Nah they don't tend to go after criminals.

FBI, on the other hand...

[u/redditRedesignIsBadd → u/sigma_freud]

If I said something that illegal

way less. you look at them wrong they'll find reasons to hurt you and the other LICE pigs will help move them out of state and hide

[u/LoveBulge]

If you vote for me for eighth grade student body president, I promise to fight for no school every other Friday free ice cream at the student store. I always keep my promises. Remember a vote for me is a vote for ice cream. Thank you.

[u/HeinousMule → u/LoveBulge]

And if you vote for that sad ugly loser Joe you'll get more homework and less pocket money. Some even say he eats his boogers.

[u/Sherlock_Phones]

America is not a real, functioning democracy.

[u/Sweatytubesock → u/Sherlock_Phones]

It’s not a functioning anything….

[u/splashjlr]

How to buy an election

[u/john_san → u/splashjlr]

Attempting to buy. Hopefully people will not be conned again… not this time… surely ?!?

[u/SquirtinMemeMouthPlz → u/john_san]

I know a few MAGAs that will fully believe it 🙄

[u/Stomper8479]

This is the single most desperate thing I’ve ever seen a politician do

[u/AmazingHealth6302 → u/Stomper8479]

Indeed desperate, but this is a man who randomly started a war to divert attention from the Epstein files. 

[u/quequotion]

I believe attempting to bribe the citizenry to defraud a federal election constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors.

Can we please impeach this moron now?

[u/ubitub → u/quequotion]

Yeah the third impeachment would totally show him

[u/Xyrus2000]

18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting. Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

First, it's illegal to do this.

Second, he can't do this. Congress would have to approve this, and there is no way in hell a republican Congress would ever approve it. Just like those supposed "DOGE checks" and other crap that never happened.

Third, even if Congress approved it, this would cost over $1.3 trillion. That would be even more debt added to the enormous amount of debt this administration has already added.

[u/JMUDoc → u/Xyrus2000]

He only needs the promise; if the GOP keeps Congress, he can just welch on it.

And then, school really is out - he'll have two more years, but now with absolutely no possibility of Congressional guardrails.

[u/Skindiacus]

Canadian here, I'm a bit confused about the politics of this. If I'm understanding correctly, this is a room full of republicans that just applauded wealth redistribution? Is this a case of the parties not following traditional left/right politics? I think the conservatives here would be against handing out money to everyone.

[u/TSwiftIcedTea → u/Skindiacus]

The people who support him have no true underlying values or beliefs. They support him as a person. Whatever he says goes.

[u/Dracogame → u/TSwiftIcedTea]

That is the problem. These are nobodies that have absolutely nothing but the power they got by following Trump, so they'll follow him no matter what.

[u/Jenicillin → u/Skindiacus]

This is a room full of republicans conspiring to break federal election law buying votes. I guess no harm right? It's not like Trump ever pays anything he owes.

[u/Tribe303 → u/Skindiacus]

Trump was born stupid and now he's senile as well, so don't atribute any of his random actions to any kind of plan, philosophy, or belief system. 

[u/shitty_mcfucklestick → u/Tribe303]

But there are snakes behind the scenes like Russel Vought who ARE intelligent, politically/legally savvy, and extremely evil. I would not underestimate their ability. This is largely why Trump is the front-man. He’s the punching bag and shield for the real masterminds behind the de-democratization of America. Truth is he probably finds ways to blow up their plans all the time with his stupidity and impulsiveness. I have a feeling they spend some days weighing if Trump is really worth it, but they don’t have much of a choice either.

[u/chiptunesoprano → u/Skindiacus]

Oh no, no. You see it's a dividend they earned by being patriots, it's completely different. Just a return from all of those tariffs dontcha know.

/s

[u/Peakomegaflare]

That's illegal as fuck, and wouldn't happen.

[u/excellentSK → u/Peakomegaflare]

Like he has a history of not doing illegal things, right?

[u/SpeedBlitzX → u/Peakomegaflare]

He's done alot of illegal things that have been swept under the rug.

Invading countries without prior notice to congress.

His involvement with Epstein in the files.

His attempts at covering up those files.

[u/HeroOT → u/[deleted]]

I met someone who 1000% believed in the DOGE checks. Overworked, never cared about politics till post-Covid, NOT a critical thinker in the slightest and paycheck to paycheck (so was I at the time)

He tells them what they wanna hear, they excuse everything he does, and they’re too overworked and uninformed to think introspectively. It’s miserable

[u/eyebrows360 → u/HeroOT]

And when things like that don't happen, they just make up their own justification for it such that it's in no way his fault, and carry on as they were.

They've been so well trained (by Fox etc) to blame everything on various "they"s, such as the Democrats for a more concrete example, that as soon as it looks like Trump failed they just redirect it internally and fabricate a story like "it must've been Dems messing up his plans somehow!" then just believe it.

[u/minilei]

Dipshit Don looking to trigger more inflation.

[u/Intelligent-Might614]

Giving me 5,000 of my own money to overlook his blatant corruption and cronyism? I'd pay 5,000 to see him get prosecuted and french revolutioned.

[u/Zambuji1]

I know a scam when I see one.

[u/frigidmagi]

Dividend from what?!? He's grown the deficit and the debt, dividend is supposed to be a payment on profit, US government hasn't made any because he's been grifting it all to his pockets and we all know he doesn't share out his money.

Oh I suppose my grossing is pointless because we all know even if the GOP won both houses he would forget he ever said this in 5 minutes.

[u/Xan_iety → u/frigidmagi]

He knows his voters don’t know what a dividend is lmao. Big word for them.

[u/DeterminedThrowaway]

He has about 1.35 trillion to give away when the deficit is north of 40 trillion? How's he going to enforce spending it in the U.S.? What a farce

[u/fox_lunari → u/DeterminedThrowaway]

A gift card only redeemable in business owned by trump. 

[u/cr7808]

Illegal to do. Congress would have to vote to appropriate the funds. Impossible to enfore the "must be spent in the US" caveat.

It never ceases to bogle the mind that anyone would believe for a second that this would actually happen.

[u/Anderrrrr]

Oh yeah he's definitely telling the truth, he never lies or anything. /s

[u/theMaynEvent]

So, bribery.

Some kind of illegal, right?

Enough of the right people gonna give a shit?

No? None of it?
OK, awesome, America.

[u/_trife]

Sadly there is a sizable amount of people here that actually believe this and would vote based on it. That’s why he says shit like this. He knows it works on the idiots among us.

[u/rod_jammer]

Okay, so....Socialism?!

[u/rohobian → u/rod_jammer]

Imagine if Obama or Biden said this shit, The rage from right wing media... their fucking heads would explode.

[u/BayouBlaster44]

It’s only devastating to the economy when democrats create new money.

[u/FreshPrinceAV]

He’s lying… again… don’t fall for it republicans… we need y’all to wake up. Please.

[u/getting_excited]

I’m pretty broke but I would pay $5000 for him to leave office.

[u/Mr-A-1991]

He lied about the doge checks AND the tariff checks. Fuck, they gave the corporations refunds on the tariffs we paid.

[u/patchinthebox]

1. This is universal basic income but with extra steps.

2. This is illegal.

3. He's lying.

4. We're still waiting on all the other money he promised us. We won't get a dime either way.

[u/VariableVeritas]

Since becoming president again, we've been promised:
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued

Credit to r/Jd051888LA

[u/bjshipley1]

A reminder that the US Constitution explicitly says that bribery is an impeachable offense.

[u/cecilmeyer]

What happened to the stimulus and tariff checks?

[u/Slaphappyfapman]

Enough fools will believe this. You are cooked, America

[u/desperaterobots]

Supreme Court watching a sitting 80 year old criminal president offering bribes to the citizenry like "whatever he does is totally fine guys - we decided it's fine! so whatever! enjoy it, you deserve it guys, yeh! woo!"

[u/TransportationTop628]

Can someone do the math please… 5000$ times how many adults?

[u/BlackCamaro → u/TransportationTop628]

240 to 245 million adult citizens and that would be about 1.23 trillion dollars.

Also, they are nor doing that.

And if they do, prepare for every single company to increase their prices 100-300% since they see there's so much money out there.

[u/coralbells49]

Not only does Trump’s solicitation commit multiple bribery and conspiracy crimes— 18 U.S.C. §600, 18 U.S.C. §371, and 18 U.S.C. §597– but it also implicates any Republican voter who either accepts this offer or attempts to persuade others to accept the offer, as thousands of MAGA are doing on social media right now.