Trump offers $5,000 to every American if Republicans win midterm elections

President Donald Trump said he would pay every American adult a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if Republicans retain control of Congress in November's midterm election, Reuters reported.

Trump made the proposal at his Republican Party's ​first-ever midterm convention, but it was not immediately clear how the payments would work or whether they would be legal, according to Reuters.

With approximately 270 million U.S. adults, the idea would cost around $1.35 trillion.

During a ‌primetime address that lasted an hour and 45 minutes, Trump boasted of completing "the greatest two years in the history of the presidency.”

But it was not clear whether his campaign-style speech would appeal to the critical swing voters who opinion polls show have drifted away from Trump's party, amid growing dissatisfaction with the cost of living and the war on Iran.

"We hand America's future to the radical left Democrats, and our nation will spend the next decade just getting back on its ​feet," he said. "Vote Republicans and we will leave the world in our dust for generations to come."

The event was so centered ⁠on the president that Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters informally dubbed it "Trumpapalooza," a nod to the popular Lollapalooza music festival.

"I'm asking you to pretend that ​I'm on the ballot," Trump said, a line that may have pleased Democratic campaign strategists just as much as MAGA voters.