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And that’s basically it!
...or which kind of dollar it would be. There is e.g. the Guyanese dollar, which even offers a 5000 dollar note. It might even buy you a McD menu.
Money only have value because other people don't have the money. This is like shitting everybody's pants to help them stay warm.
On a large scale this will:
What about the the ordinary American? The people who couldn't care less about international relations, because they're just worrying about healthcare, or getting gas to go from their second full time job, to their part-time job?
If we accept the capitalist premise, and let's do that for the sake of talking about money in the current US, then my analysis of giving a moderate sum to everyone is this:
I love how he is literally just playing put scenes from Idiocracy in real time now
How on earth are they allowed to put this promise on the literal white house website? This country is a joke and danger to both itself and the rest of the world.
It's not legal but they don't care.
Oh gee, maybe someone should drop into the night and kidnap him with a helicopter.
But who would do such a thing?
ah, so he lies again. Conman tries conning more: More at 10.
In a functioning democracy such an election promise is a crime, but so are Super PACS and gerry-mandering and data scraping from voters via scam sites or abusing of entirely different public databases. Also, in a functioning democracy such crimes get prosecuted.
Functioning democracies have things like healthcare, and education, and workers rights, and...
It is a crime, but consequences are for the poors.
This reeks of desperation, that means he's scared. Don't let up, get out and VOTE!
It's not desperation, its not his money and if it actually happened, it would hamstring the incoming Dem president in 2028:
“Only I can make this promise to you,” he said, adding that the Republicans would have to win both the House of Representatives and the Senate for the money to be paid out.
And not only wouldn't it be his money, it wouldn't even be "real" money. There's not a trillion dollars laying around for this (literally what it would cost).
Since Trump's first term in 2016, the debt has doubled from 19 trillion to 40 trillion. This will get tacked on and the debt will be used as an excuse not to fund social programs.
With the US adult (over 18) population at about 269-270 million, $5000 each would be about $1.3 Trillion imaginary dollars.
The dollars would be real, the value would not.
Trump is ruling like a particular type of typical dictator--protectionists tarriffs and printing money. Expect Argentina-style inflation in a few years. Don't denominate your savings in dollars, guys.
The really infuriating part is that there an absolute shitload of feckless imbeciles who will be swayed by this
Reminder that 80% of people don't read past the headline - most people will believe the lie even if they only see it here. News outlets know this, so the headline should be "Trump breaks the law and commits election fraud with false claims about payments to voters" or whatever.
I can actually hear the cousin fuckers getting excited.
That's 5k$ to each and every adult. In average. 5k x 270M adults… Maybe it's going to be 1.35 billions for himself, and jackshit for eveyone else. Or he'll generously share a bit of it with his family and friends, but still jackshit for the people.
You missed a "k". It would be 1.35 trillions.
Indeed, my bad! But well, can he really let Musk be the first?
Hasn't he already promised us money that no one except corporations have gotten?
Like 3 or 4 times I think
Add that to all the other "your cheque is in the mail" gambits that trump throws out there and american citizens won't need to work or contribute at all anymore! /s
I love free government money. As every MAGA does right? Also /s
Prison terms and conditions may apply.
It reminds me of Batman the first Tim Burton one in 1989, in which the Joker promises to give away a ton of money in the town square (so he can kill them all with poison gas).
I'm also reminded of the anti-union signs that suggest getting a game console instead of paying union dues.
remember that 5k from the doge savings that he promised? Is that the same 5k?
Even if they win he still won’t pay.
I cannot understand how MAGAts don't understand that. He just says random shit and hope it sticks enough to make him win.
I have a few coworkers who are all in on Trump no matter what and it’s always amazing to hear them weekly. Say the same thing that he says the war is over. Gas is going to be cheap renaming the lake somehow helps us since his speech about giving $5000 after the midterms he is so excited and so ready for their Donnie dollars.
I'd try to profit from it. Exchange your 5k future check for a week of them buying lunch now.
Disclaimer: $5000 in TRUMP cryptocoins, which will be worthless 2min after you have received it.
Idiots will believe and vote. That's a great way to count all the idiots in the US.
I promise everyone eleventy bajillion dollars if they don't vote for him and his moron squad.
Soon as my Doge check and my tariff rebate check arrives.
Will Mexico pay for it, too?
... by the way, how are you doing on releasing those tax returns? Any progress?
Also, I'm still eagerly awaiting your massive health care bill that you said you'd release.... 10 years ago.
There isn't enough money in the world to make me vote Republican.
He did not say where the money would come from.
Same place the tariff rebates came from: nowhere.
It will come from the same fund where the tariff refund came from. In other words, the one in his addled brain. Problem is he ends up stealing from that one too.
Alternative title for this article should be: Compulsive liar lies again, and the media still, inexplicable, pretends he sometimes tells the truth.
He is a professional troll, bully and a lifelong con man.
Vote for me. If win I'll do 20k
You know what'd be better? Electing DSA candidates all across the country, taxing all the billionaires and megacorps, and redistributing that wealth unconditionally to everyone as $5000 UBI checks every year
Still waiting on those tarriff refunds! And lower egg costs. And lower gas costs. But I'm sure it's being worked on and likely held up by those dirty dems!
Doesn't he already owe all of us $4000 from COVID or something?