- Trump floated $5,000 checks for every adult if Republicans win the midterms, but lawmakers — including some Republicans — slammed it as a vote-buying stunt and unrealistic.
- Economists warn the roughly $1.3 trillion plan would likely worsen inflation and the deficit, and markets reacted with higher Treasury yields.
- The president can’t unilaterally authorize those payments anyway — Congress controls spending, so the proposal is legally and politically unlikely.
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