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Trump's $5,000 midterm 'dividend' is at least his fourth promise of cash for all Americans. None came to pass

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Trump's $5,000 midterm 'dividend' is at least his fourth promise of cash for all Americans. None came to pass

First it was a "DOGE dividend." Then it was a promise of tariff checks. Then government healthcare refunds were on the way. Now, President Trump is promising Americans another payout, this time if Republicans win in the coming midterm elections.If the GOP wins both the House of Representatives and the Senate, "you win with us," Trump said Wednesday, promising that "a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000" would follow."It will be called the Trump dividend," the president added at a Republican midterm convention in Dallas near the end of an almost two-hour speech. But given Trump's record of unfulfilled check promises, his latest promise drew immediate skepticism.He offered no details on how the estimated $1.3 trillion price tag for the idea would be covered beyond saying that "tremendous economic success" was making the dividend possible even as America's gross national debt recently surpassed $40 trillion.Henrietta Treyz of Veda Partners told Yahoo Finance on Thursday that the proposal is not something investors should focus on, as it's unlikely to ever happen."This, to me, is just panic," she said, adding that the GOP is "looking at a wipeout" at the polls this fall as Trump has been dealing with cratering approval ratings