Donald Trump and the rest of the MAGA Republicans know they are in trouble in the upcoming midterm elections, so desperate times call for desperate measures.
During his almost 2-hour meandering speech at Trumpalooza, aka the GOP midterm convention in Texas, the orange menace promised that his administration would pay a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” to every American adult if voters stupidly deliver a Republican victory in the midterm elections.
“If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000,” Trump told his gullible supporters at the convention, which many political experts are calling a clear sign Republicans are in trouble. “We’ll call it the Trump Dividend. Congratulations.”
If that sounds like a bribe, well, that’s because it is, and many people are describing it as such.
Sam Stein, managing editor at The Bulwark, also called Trump’s latest promise a flat-out “bribe.”
“Trump openly bribing people to vote for Republicans. $5k per person if republicans hold the House and the Senate?” Stein said in his post on X (formerly Twitter).
They are using the moment to remind us of his other financial promise that never came to fruition: the $2,000 tariff dividend check we are still waiting for.
Trump defended his bribery plan in an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, claiming the payments would be possible because of his stupid tariffs.
“We’re taking in 21 trillion dollars. No country has ever taken in anywhere near that,” Trump told Ingraham. “That’s four-five times more than the next. That’s all because of that beautiful word you and I love more tha most others- tariffs.”
We are truly living in some stupid times.
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