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Elections 2026 live updates: Trump gives keynote at first GOP midterm convention

In Rhode Island, Democratic Gov. Dan McKee lost his re-election bid today in the second-to-last primary of 2026. Trump said tonight that every adult U.S. citizen would receive a $5,000 "dividend" if Republicans win both the House and Senate in November. "Here is my promise:…

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In Rhode Island, Democratic Gov. Dan McKee lost his re-election bid today in the second-to-last primary of 2026.

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Trump said tonight that every adult U.S. citizen would receive a $5,000 "dividend" if Republicans win both the House and Senate in November.

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"Here is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic, tremendous economic success, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000," Trump said.

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The president, who has made a similar promise before, added that the "only condition" is that it must be spent in the U.S.

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"We don’t want you going to Canada to spend the money. We don’t want you going to China to Germany," Trump said. "You got to spend the money in the United States of America."

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The White House did not immediately respond to questions about where the estimated $1.35 trillion would come from and how the requirement to spend in the U.S. could be enforced.

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Trump added that he would call it "the Trump dividend."

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"So if the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000," Trump said as…

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