Will you get Trump’s $5,000 dividend check? Here’s what we know.

President Donald Trump is hoping money talks to voters ahead of November's midterm elections.

The president, who previously has floated payments to Americans from dividends accrued from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and from tariff dividends, went to the wallet again during the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas.

Speaking at the rally, Trump pledged to pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans kept control of both houses of Congress in the Nov. 3 elections. The next day, Trump said the administration would pay $500 to nearly 1 million Americans in 30 states as part of an Obamacare refund.

Will Americans really get these payments? Here's what we know.

During his Sept. 9 speech in Dallas, Trump said: "If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000. It will be called the 'Trump dividend.'"

The dividend, which must be spent in the U.S., is possible because of the "tremendous strength and success" of the American economy, Trump said. But he did not say how it would be paid for or how much it would cost.

In a White House press release the following day, the Trump administration suggested that the dividend is possible thanks to "unleashed trillions…

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