Trump's $5,000 Gamble: A Desperate Attempt to Buy Midterm Success The Republican party's midterm convention in Dallas was always going to be an interesting spectacle, but Donald Trump's promise to pay every adult citizen in the US $5,000 if Republicans retain the House and Senate has turned it into a farce.
The proposal is astonishing in its scale and cynical in its intent.
At $1 trillion, the proposed payout would account for approximately 4% of the country's GDP, making it one of the most expensive policy initiatives ever proposed in modern American politics.