Will Trump pay all US adults $5,000? Some Trump supporters are sceptical

Dallas, Texas – O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ex‑personagem de reality show, não é estranho a promessas no estilo de programas de jogos.

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Mas na quarta‑feira, suas declarações no Congresso Nacional Republicano em Dallas geraram espanto, pois ele pareceu vincular um prêmio em dinheiro ao resultado das eleições de meio de mandato de novembro.

Trump offered few details about how he could make good on such a promise. He said only that the money must be spent in the US.

Soon after Trump’s speech, Senator Bernie Moreno, a staunch Trump ally, pledged to introduce longshot legislation to codify the promise.

Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, appeared to temper the claim, saying Trump was referring to “a dividend for American workers” buoyed by his tariff policy.

Critics on both sides of the aisle, however, met the unorthodox pledge with a rare bipartisan sentiment: consternation. Many raised concerns about whether the dividend would violate federal law.

Trump supporter Steven Roberts, a retired telecommunications engineer from Rice City, Texas, had a similar, if more amenable, assessment.

The legality of such a pledge remained unclear. Some supporters characterised the plan as a simple campaign promise. Critics have argued it could constitute an illegal effort to sway the vote.

Trump supporter Peter Bowen, 77, said he felt the pledge was out of step with a Republican ethos that eschews government handouts.

Still, he saw the plan, if legitimate, as a wily attempt by Trump to use a “Democratic Party trick”.

Protester Andy McWilliams, 64, from Kansas City, Missouri, believed Trump’s promise would ultimately prove empty.

But if the dividend did come to pass, he felt the high price tag would be outrageous.

Trump voter Ronnda Law, a 55-year-old resident of Lubbock, Texas, who attended the Republican convention, also has little faith in the plan. She said she was considering voting Democrat in November.

Becky Rensing, a 49-year-old real estate broker, gave Trump high marks on his messaging during the convention. Trump even urged his audience to “pretend” he is on the ballot in November to galvanise low-propensity voters.

But when it came to the midterm dividend pledge, Rensing was more sceptical.