Impose tariffs, make all of us pay it, then dangle some refund in front of your poor white trash voters to get them to vote again.

"Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits," he said. "It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and the Senate, $5,000 to every adult. And we can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income, and they're gonna drive us in[to] a depression. They won't have any money."

His so-called logic is so bad it makes my head hurt.

1. You already control both chambers. You could pass it now if it wasn't an obvious bribe to get people to vote for your party.
2. Nothing about the Dems winning midterms stops the tariffs being in place. Literally your entire legal argument is that you don't need Congress to approve them, so logically the Dems controlling Congress wouldn't stop them if that was true. So they'd still have the money.

How do people actually fall for this shit? How?!

Bro, tariffs are paid by us.

You’re promising to give us our money back? Like you can do that? Maybe just fucking do it right now?

Nobody should vote for republicans this guy screws everyone over all the time. If republicans win they will tariff harder and take even more away because their policy approach is fuck you that’s why.

But hey maybe we’ll get some more asshole racist ai video entertainment or whatever.

"They're going to drive us into a depression"

...Unlike the depression that's already forming because of his fucking stupid and disastrous economic policies?

Yeah, I'll take my chances with the party that has consistently brought economic stability, rather than the party that is ruining the economy (again) and flagrantly trying to buy votes (after they've already made similar promises and failed to deliver).

We're already in a recession you dumb fuck

It's the government's money, not republican's money. A different party inherits the government and therefore can do what you're proposing. They'd be in the same situation.

Ignoring everything else wrong with this, it's government money. If it actually existed it wouldn't just vanish when a democrat gets elected.

"Because of tariffs taxes, I think I can bribe the stupider among you with your own fucking money."

--donnie dumb dumb

"Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits," he said. "It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and the Senate, $5,000 to every adult. And we can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income, and they're gonna drive us in[to] a depression. They won't have any money."

He's flat out saying he considers the tarrif money "his" if a Republican government has access to it but a democratic government wouldn't...

And obviously ignoring that the "profits" are from a tax on Americans buying shit

So, here’s the deal….

Everyone here can opine on how ludicrous this is, agree with one another about how fucking stupid he is, and circlejerk over how annoying it is that he does this dumb shit-

But he does it because he knows people are going to believe it. It’s not about wether or not he will make good on the promise- it’s only about getting the idiots to dance when he commands them to.

He is buying votes with our money, and it’s going to work like a fucking charm.

Think of it like this:

You know how during trials, some lawyers will say shit that is objectionable, and then stricken from the record? This is entirely on purpose. The jury can’t “unhear” it. Once it’s said, it’s done and it’s effect is now in play.

So, the moment that vapid disgusting bag of child-raping gelatinous flesh opened his shithole of a mouth, all the mentally challenged minions that fall at his feet bought it at a premium.

He’s not paying them shit. But they believe he will and as a result, will do exactly as he says.

$5k sounds awesome as an incentive to let you murder people and grift and destroy everything. Where do I sign up?

LOL somehow only Republicans are capable of this because Democrats bad.

This statement is literally unconstitutional. Plainly, unambiguously, no mask, no nuance, just unconstitutional.

The Treasury handles all of this accounting and congress directs spending. The Executive does not just get to use revenue received from its activities as a slush fund. Basically all of the US Government's revenue is collected by agencies under the Executive. Claiming that they can simply take tariff revenue and turn it into dividend checks is the exact same constitutional argument that he could take IRS revenue and turn it into Bitcoin.

It's so plainly illegal, and it demonstrates exactly why the current SCOTUS obsession with extremely strict standing requirements is a flawed concept.

“Profits.” what a POS.

He 100% thinks he gets to keep the tariff money.

I know that this is all Trump's blowhard bullshit, but the logic (and we know there isn't any) could easily be: If we have the money, and it's not his money, but money made from tariffs, then there's nothing to stop the Democrats from also giving everyone a $5000 check...

Ah yes tariffs, the Republicans personal revenue stream cumulating in a very accessible slush fund to burn whatever way that specific party wishes, up to and including bribing voters.

Makes me wonder why no one else has ever thought of this? Oh, because it's not a political loophole, just blatantly fucking illegal.