US President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. But Trump did not speak about how the proposed payments would be funded or implemented. According to estimates, the proposal could cost more than $1 trillion.

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…

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.

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.