US President Donald Trump on Thursday promised that the government would grant $5,000 to each American if Republicans keep Congress in the upcoming Midterm elections in November. "So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000," Trump said, however the US President did not explain where the money would come from. Republicans gathered in Dallas for a highly unusual two-day midterm convention, a first for the party, that will put Trump at the center of this midterm elections.

The US president's US$1.35 trillion pledge raises a number of questions, and he has not specified where the money would come from.

US President Donald Trump has promised to pay every adult American $5,000 if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in the November midterm elections. Trump made…

With approximately 270 million US adults, the idea would cost around US$1.35 trillion.

Donald Trump proposes a $5,000 dividend for every US adult if Republicans retain Congress, with the money required to be spent in the US.