Exactly. Idk about you, but Trump has undoubtedly cost me way more than $5k with just his 2 years back in office. And that's before considering the catastrophic long-term effects he's had on costs.

I'm still waiting for my DOGE check.

Maybe he can get away with it using say the strategy pepsi tried for their millitary jet comercial etc... IE a "no reasonable person would believe it was a real offer".

He's not buying anything if he never pays for it.

Oh it's illegal! Can't do that then, sorry!

You're also ignoring that you're $40 trillion in debt and not doing so well economically.

This adds another trillion or two lol

Who's ignoring? Do you mean the Republicans who control Congress well enough to prevent any impeachment?

Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal, right? /S

didn't the supreme court give him total immunity?

You forgot the $1776 check for America 250.

Oh the tariff checks came.. they just went to the businesses after they inflated their prices to account for the additional tax, got to keep the refund themselves even though prices went up still, and then never lowered prices

I guess technically he's just running on a "give every American adult 5k" platform ? Of course I wouldn't put it past him to try to only give them to GOP voters

If you convince enough wealthy people apparently “democracy” means you can just do whatever you feel like.

You are allowed to pay people to vote for you?

No, and this is a violation. Either paying $5k dividend is a good or bad idea. Congress will vote on it. You can't say that it is only a good idea if Nazis keep control of congress.

Yep. This is how Doug Ford is Premiere of Ontario. He literally went into low income housing and gave out $20 bills.

Short answer : no.

Long answer : legal doesn't really matter when Congress and the SC are in your pocket and refuse to hold you accountable for explicitly breaking the rules over and over again.

Yeah, democracy, according to the Americans . They also allow their "leader" to make "executive" decisions like a dictator 😆.

Yes, but it depends on how you do it. For the USA, if it were following its own laws, which it's not, Trump can not give every person $5000 if the Republican party holds a majority in the House and Senate. That's because following the laws the House would need to appropriate the funds first, pass that, send it through the Senate, have it pass there, then be signed by the president. In a normal America, the President can say they will pressure Congress to appropriate the funds and pass it but it can't be a unilateral decision.

He also said that the Iran war will be over the day after the election.

Ded nao?

The real economic morons are the ones who are excited that they are getting $5k if the repubs stay in congress.

Yeah $5k for every American with no new taxes is just a massive burst in inflation. It can be done strategically in a situation like covid where the economy needs to be maintained from collapse due to a temporary situation of no work, but that's about it.

In a depression you spend money, but you do it by making jobs to get nice to haves.

Yep. And you know what they say about bribery:

Article II, Section 4: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Lmao

They would immediately be indicted, LOL.

Make it $10k, bring back graduated corporate taxes (with global consolidated income to prevent ferreting away income in a plethora of international subsidiaries), and actually pledge to solving the debt and I'm sold.

And fucking liar, he will not send anyone a check period even if they did win. But fuck that vote folks are lives at stake here.

Very illegal... By the way, anyone who accepts and receives that payment is also guilty.

Would end a Democratic administration (at any level of government, by the way, not just federal).

Yet Republicans can do whatever the fuck they want I guess.

Like Iran would take a week?

Like Mexico would be paying for that wall?

Like America would be great again?

They bought his $500 dollar gold sneakers which turned out to be trash

who does he think he is, Michael Johnson?

To be fair, a lot of Trumpty schemes are just ways to either grift or get bribes.

Something tells me they'll still fall for this one thinking it will be the one that's genuine.

No idea how you came up with such a radical idea. Seems like a long shot to me.

/s

Where are my DOGE checks?!

I have family in Southern New Jersey where he absolutely ruined people by not paying them for building his bullshit, gaudy casinos. Yet the whole region is crazy for him. Stupid is as stupid does.

What are you talking about? He loves to pay people... with other people's money