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Trump Promises $5,000 'Trump Dividend' Checks if Republicans Win Midterms
Confirmed
In Short: President Trump vowed to send $5,000 checks to every American if Republicans win the midterms, aiming to rally support and counter political headwinds.
Trump vowed to send $5,000 checks to every American if Republicans win the midterms, aiming to rally support and counter political headwinds.
In 2020 and 2021, Congress allowed the Biden and first Trump administrations to send out several rounds of checks to American households to stimulate the economy.
Mr. Trump is seeking to rally Republicans ahead of the midterms, vowing to campaign for vulnerable GOP lawmakers and urging voters to treat the November elections as a referendum on his presidency.
However, Republicans are facing down voters' historical tendency to reject the party that controls the White House in the midterms.
Trump did not offer details on how the payments would work, including whether he plans to ask Congress to authorize the checks.
What's confirmed
- Trump vowed to send $5,000 checks to every American if Republicans win the midterms, aiming to rally support and counter political headwinds.
- In 2020 and 2021, Congress allowed the Biden and first Trump administrations to send out several rounds of checks to American households to stimulate the economy.
- Mr. Trump is seeking to rally Republicans ahead of the midterms, vowing to campaign for vulnerable GOP lawmakers and urging voters to treat the November elections as a referendum on his presidency.
- However, Republicans are facing down voters' historical tendency to reject the party that controls the White House in the midterms.
- Trump did not offer details on how the payments would work, including whether he plans to ask Congress to authorize the checks.
What's still developing
- Updated on: September 10, 2026 / 1:11 AM EDT / CBS News President Trump vowed Wednesday to send a $5,000 "dividend" to every American citizen after the midterms, but only if Republicans hold onto control of the House and Senate.
- Trump's speech to the Republican National Committee's first-of-its-kind midterm convention in Dallas, as he seeks to rally Republican voters and fight significant political headwinds in the November elections.
- Sending out $5,000 checks to all of America's approximately 245 million adult citizens could cost upwards of $1 trillion.
- "It will be called the 'Trump dividend,'" he added.
- Fox News polling shows Trump is underwater with voters on the economy, cost of living and inflation.
- "I believe that Trump is doing the right thing," one RNC attendee told Fox News Digital.
- "We have to elect Ken Paxton," he said, segueing into border security, a top issue under both Trump administrations.