President Donald Trump renewed his promise of a $5,000 payment to American adults Monday, saying the proposal could move forward if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November's midterm elections. Speaking during a steel plant announcement in the Oval Office, Trumps said that his administration's economic policies would generate the revenue needed to fund the payments, contrasting them with what he described as Democratic policies that would hurt government finances. "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits.
It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and the Senate, $5,000 to every adult. And we can do it in the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income, and they're gonna drive us in a depression. They won't have any money." The proposal, which Trump has promoted as a potential "dividend" for Americans, would require congressional approval and has become a talking point as Republicans seek to maintain their House and Senate majorities.
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