The "Trump Dividend" Promise — $5,000 If Republicans Win Both Chambers, But Does He Actually Have That Power? It's a $1.3 Trillion Bill Cong

Podcast: The Tom Sullivan Show · Tom Sullivan

Opublikowano: 2026-09-10

Trump promised a $5,000 "Trump Dividend" to every adult American if Republicans hold both the House and Senate in November — but here's the problem. The President has no unilateral authority to issue this; Congress would have to pass a roughly $1.3 trillion bill, on top of $40 trillion in existing national debt. Vance already started walking it back within hours. And dumping that much money into the economy right now would almost certainly be wildly inflationary — just like it was under Biden's big spending, which helped push inflation to 9 percent. Speaking of inflation, PPI jumped 5.4 percent last month, driven largely by oil prices tied...