Trump promises $5,000 dividend checks to US adults if Republicans win both House & Senate in midterms
President Donald Trump said in his keynote address that he promises $5,000 to every adult citizen if the Republicans win both the House and Senate in midterms.
As Republicans kicked off their first midterm election convention in Dallas on Wednesday, September 9, President Donald Trump said in his keynote address that he promises $5,000 to every adult citizen if the Republicans win both the House and Senate in midterms.
‘If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S., September 9, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci (REUTERS)
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"If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them ... because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000," Trump said.
"If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend," Trump said.
The requirements or qualifications needed to get a dividend check remains unclear as Trump kept it extremely vague. There are an estimated 245 million adult American citizens around the world, which makes the price tag on the measure an estimated $1.22 billion, according to Newsweek.
However, Trump said that it was for every adult citizen "in the United States of America," and this could exclude about 2 million expatriates who live abroad but maintain American citizenship.
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No further details about the proposal were immediately available. It is also unclear how the government would monitor the spending of the dividends.
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