WATCH: Trump Says He Doesn’t Think $5,000 Payments Would Need Congressional Approval

President Trump said in an interview on Thursday that he does not think he will need Congress to approve his plan to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms. 

In an interview with CBS, Trump opened up about his announcement at the RNC Convention in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday that he will give a $5,000 dividend to every adult man and woman in the country if Republicans retain the House and Senate majorities this election cycle.

Asked if he would even need congressional approval to do so, Trump said, “Well, we think not. I think they will do it if we needed it, but we think not.”

Trump continued, “The country is doing so well— we’ve taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs and other things. We have now over $20 trillion worth of manufacturing plants and other investments being made in the United States, which is far greater than ever before. And we think it’s something that’d be good.”

“We do have one proviso, and that’s that the money be spent, people spend their money in the United States,” Trump said.

“We don’t want to have that money spent in other countries. And we think it’s something that’s really good, popular, and it’s a great infusion.”

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Trump said last night that the dividend would be given to “every adult citizen in the United States of America.”

“If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate— both of them— because of our economic— tremendous economic success. Like, in history, we’ve never had anything like what’s happening,” Trump told the crowd at the RNC last night.

“But because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.”

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