Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday sought to deflect criticism that President Donald Trump’s newly proposed $5,000 dividend would further bankrupt the United States, arguing the handout would be offset by tariff revenue. Trump promised “every adult citizen” would receive the dividend if the Republican Party preserves majorities in the…
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Trump's $5,000 'wealth to the people' dividend can't survive contact with his own Senate nominee.
“They tell you it's your five grand coming back to you, then the one guy who actually has to stand in front of voters won't say the word yes out loud. That's not a dividend, that's a rumor with a $1.2 trillion price tag, and guess who's still on the hook for the number while nobody delivers the check. When the vice president's selling it and the nominee's ducking it in the same week, that's not a policy, that's a campaign ad with your name on the invoice.”
“The dividend is fully funded by tariff revenue, wealth going back to the people, that's not spin, that's arithmetic — did I say arithmetic, nobody's actually published the arithmetic, but the vice president said it, so. And Senator Marshall wasn't backing off out there, he was just being careful with a $1.2 trillion figure that, sure, is real, in front of voters who, sure, would notice.”
The receipts
"We've got to get rid of the $19 trillion in debt" - Trump promised it done "over a period of eight years", 31 March 2016 The Washington Post, 31 March 2016 interview
Marshall backtracks on support for $5,000 Trump dividend in Kansas Senate debateSen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) appeared to shift his opinion on President Trump’s $5,000 dividends announced earlier this week. In a debate at the Kansas State Fair against Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton, a moderator asked both candidates if they supported the dividends, citing the proposal’s $1.2 trillion cost amid the growing…
President Donald Trump teased a $ 5,000 “Trump dividend” in his speech at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday night, promising the payout if Republicans maintained control of Congress in the November 2026 elections. Trump claimed such a dividend was possible because of the country’s economic success under his…
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