Guy can’t even get us lower gas or grocery prices and morons are gonna believe him

Trump should be afraid of what losing the majority will do to his dictatorship.

Also don’t forget that he has dementia and likely thinks of values from the early 80s, when $5000 still bought a decent new car, and the average income was 25k (median around 20k).

I don't doubt that you're correct, but it's all the more reason to vote.

They’ll find a way to only pay republican voters. Possibly while looking to expel anyone who isn’t at the same time.

Pay me in advance and I'll vote republican*wink wink 😉

Do you really believe someone who voted for Trump to be smart enough to recognize this as a scam?

Although, I just saw the snippet of his promise on TV, and noticed that he said 'dollars', not 'US dollars'. So it could be 'Guyanese dollars'. They even have a nice 5000 Dollar note:

It would still be aboutish 24 us dollars each.

Someone could argue you can't deliver those billions. That person might not be on Lemmy, but let me say this: if you vote for Trump and do get 5000$ from him, his batshit crazy politics will certainly cost you more than that. At the same time, if he loses and the US goes back to 'normal', you might not get elevently bajillion from this guy but you will get a more capable leader that takes economy advice more serious which at the end of the line will mean more money for everyone who is not a billionaire. It really is an easy choice. Don't vote for Trump, you're already finding out why you shouldn't. Don't do it please.

I didn't say billions I said bajillions and I am just as likely to deliver on my promise as trump is, which is to say not at all.

But pointless sarcasm aside you are 100% correct.

Disclaimer: $5000 in TRUMP cryptocoins, which will be worthless 2min after you have received it.

you are 100% correct

And so are you.

Wait, what?!

Lucy tells Charlie once again that there is no way she will pull the football away at the last second and that he should kick the ball with all his might...

If you vote for my party in the next general election i will give every one 10 Fantastillions

Literally just saw some dumbass online suggesting we pay for it by just adding it to the national debt.

Hmm, some people already thought he was up for election this year so this might increase that error. If that thought translates to more Dem wins then that's cool!

Edit: but please better critical thinking education and funding for it, add Demon Haunted World as required reading and a test for comprehension and use irl.

I am desperate right now, financially. 5k wouldn't fix my life, but it is the exact figure I need to ensure I have stable housing for the next year+ and can have the ability to get a decent job.

Wouldn't do it. Wouldn't do it 100k.

Literally how his puppet muskrat thinks it works.

A bit lenient even.

And today, kids, we will learn how bribery works…

Doesn't he already owe all of us $4000 from COVID or something?

Reminds me of the time when Joe Biden promised $2000 COVID relief checks, and then when Dems won Georgia, those checks magically became $1400 instead.

Don't trust a politician (and especially Donald) when they promise shit like this. This is the third time he's gone to this well. (Remember the imaginary DOGE dividend and the tariff rebate checks?)

That pissed me off! I wonder how many voters decided not to vote due to that stunt alone.

Ah, they’ll surely use all those billions and billions that nazi DOGE saved by gutting and infiltrating federal institutions, right? …Right?!

I had to look it up. The wikipedia article on it is worth the read.

I don't think Trump has ever thought about consent in any context.

He is a professional troll, bully and a lifelong con man.

Vote for me. If win I'll do 20k

Which stunt, the covid checks that were actual money in pocket multiple times or Trump's corporate rebate checks? I mean both delivered financial relief but only one delivered exclusively to corporate donors.

I don't think so, as it's not a specific promise for a given vote.

Making promises to voters is kind of a core part of democracy. "Elect me and I will do policy X". I mean, it's not conventionally a check, and Trump is something like the polar opposite of a truthful person, but in fundamental terms, I don't think that there's anything wrong with it.

What you can't do is something like "fill out your ballot for Person Y, send me a picture, and I'll pay you $N".

There isn't enough money in the world to make me vote Republican.

Still waiting on those tarriff refunds! And lower egg costs. And lower gas costs. But I'm sure it's being worked on and likely held up by those dirty dems!

• US Population yesterday was just under 349M

• 21.07% of the population is under 18

• Leaving just over 270.5M eligible adults in the US.

• Even shaving off a generous 500,000 people as illegal, that makes it $1.35T this would cost.

so you are pretty damn close @RaoulDook@lemmy.world

~270,000,000 adult Americans
X $5,000

$1,350,000,000,000.

Right.

The mere announcement was enough to tank the price of US treasuries: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/trump-payout-pledge-adds-to-bond-market-jitters-as-auction-looms

Seems other countries aren’t to keen to help finance Trump’s tension fart of an idea…

Don't forget about the trump phone scam as well

Will Mexico pay for it, too?

... by the way, how are you doing on releasing those tax returns? Any progress?

Also, I'm still eagerly awaiting your massive health care bill that you said you'd release.... 10 years ago.

The stunt Biden promised 2k checks during that midterm runoff in Georgia. But only sent 1400. That was a fucking too.

That sounds like semantics to me. One president delivered cash to people in a time of need and uncertainty. 1400 vs 2000 is demanding perfection instead of good. He did send multiple checks as well. Trump's offered multiple times and hasn't delivered any checks to anyone. The rebate was a tariff refund to corporations after consumers paid for it.

I'm not arguing that $600 bucks is chump change but $1400 is better than nothing and to say both are liars or promise breakers is not a fair equivalency.

If I am elected president, I will give every American 50,000.

Probably coming from all the taxes they've taken from us and which we will have to pay back next year anyway, so this is just a gimmick for his idiot followers again.

Definitely, totally not because they’re giving socialism to red states from blue states. Totally not that.

Oh, just another Trillion to the debt of $40T… no big deal, right? Man, who do we have to write to write off that debt? No one is buying it, and we have to buy it home. It’s an ouruborus of debt at this point.

It's not coming from anywhere because he has no intention of sending them.

$50,001 if I’m elected

It reminds me of Batman the first Tim Burton one in 1989, in which the Joker promises to give away a ton of money in the town square (so he can kill them all with poison gas).

I'm also reminded of the anti-union signs that suggest getting a game console instead of paying union dues.

I'd say 2500 now and 2500 later, good to see politicians buying our votes

Wait... who controls the house and senate? I forgot.

And child rapist. Let's not forget about the juicy stuff

Oh you're def right about that. Trump would much rather start WW3, hide away in his golden sphere, and send everybody else to fight rather than do anything that would actually benefit anybody but himself.

$50,002 if i get elected