Will Trump’s $5,000 offer convince US voters?
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Will Trump’s $5,000 offer convince US voters?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 11, 202634 min

President Trump made the pledge at the Republicans' first ever midterm convention, promising every adult American a $5,000 payment if his party wins both chambers of Congress in November. Sarah, who was in the arena in Dallas watching Trump’s speech, and Justin look at whether this is a serious policy or a desperate measure. The payment would cost over a trillion dollars, no detail has been given on how it would work, and federal law restricts payments made in connection with how people vote. JD Vance has suggested it could be paid for by revenue raised from tr...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I'm not going to be a Donald Trump thinks he has found the magic ingredient that will help the Republicans win the midterm elections.

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And surprise, surprise, it's him. So I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot. I'm on the ballot. I'm on the ballot.

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one more time. We're in Dallas where Donald Trump is throwing an event, a very unusual Republican Party convention that is going to put him front and center of his party's midterm election campaign. He's even promising voters a large cash handout if his party can win both houses of Congress in the midterm elections.

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