At Dallas’s “Trumpapalooza” midterm convention, the president floated the most expensive campaign flyer in American history: $5,000 to every adult citizen — but only if Republicans keep the House and Senate. AP + Reuters, 9–10 September 2026.
His words, via AP: win both chambers and “I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen… for $5,000.” Spend it in America, he shrugged, with zero mechanics. Reuters ran the calculator: ~270 million adults ≈ $1 trillion+, likely needs Congress, legality fuzzy. Approval underwater, Iran war toxic, cost of living grinding — so sure, promise everyone a yacht voucher and call it economic genius.
Vulnerable Republicans skipped the show. He still spent the night defending the forever-adjacent Iran war and his tariff chaos. Bold strategy: make the midterms all about him while voters try to afford gas.