Democrats quickly dismissed the idea as an election stunt that Donald Trump would not honour, pointing to previous plans to give Americans tariff dividends or distribute savings made by DOGE.

President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the midterm election, setting high expectations for the…

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.

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