{"id":79932,"date":"2026-09-10T11:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=79932"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:27:22","slug":"bribery-at-the-ballot-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=79932","title":{"rendered":"<h1><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BRIBERY AT THE BALLOT BOX<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79938\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-4-1.jpg 399w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-4-1-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Trump&#8217;s $5000 electoral bribe<br \/>\nis illegal, unlawful and illicit&#8230;<br \/>\nLOCK HIM UP!!!<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note: What can we possibly add at this point of Trump 4-year crazy and convoluted Khazarian-concocted clusterfuck of corruption and criminality?!\u00a0 Read on but first listen to Trump in his own words:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=79941\"><b>WATCH! \u201cTrump Dividend\u201d: President Trump pledged to send every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterm elections\u2026.<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>By the way, Trump&#8217;s patently fake promise not only constitutes a outright mass bribe of the American electorate, it also represents a financial commitment of well over <strong>$1 Trillion<\/strong>, which would be reflexively added to the <strong>$40 Trillion plus<\/strong> National Debt.\u00a0 Which means that Trump wants to further increase our collective indebtedness in order to retain GOP majorities in both House and Senate primarily to avoid his impeachment for so many presidential crime sprees.\u00a0 WOW!!! Talk about chutzpah!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Trump Floats $5,000 &#8220;Stimmy&#8221; Checks For Every US Adult Citizen If GOP Holds Congress<\/h1>\n<p>During a speech Wednesday night at the GOP&#8217;s midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, President Trump proposed sending every adult\u00a0<strong>American citizen a $5,000 &#8220;Trump dividend&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them,&#8221; Trump said, &#8220;<strong>I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;It will be called the\u00a0<strong>Trump dividend<\/strong>,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Now all we have to do is win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2097872390076141726&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Ftrump-floats-5000-stimmy-checks-every-us-adult-citizen-if-gop-holds-congress&amp;sessionId=1a960bc32b2fd81909744f47d1c6d1e75a2c8a61&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2097872390076141726\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Trump told the audience at the American Airlines Center: &#8220;<strong>Your vote will decide whether our country stumbles at the starting gate of our next 250 years or surges forward and never looks back<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick math<\/strong>: A $5,000 payout to 270 million adults would cost the US government approximately $1.35 trillion. The proposal comes as US public debt\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/doom-loop-engaged-us-debt-hits-40-trillion-america-enters-endgame\">surpassed $40 trillion for the first time in recent weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png?itok=Gof1UKEm\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png?itok=Gof1UKEm\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NodeBody_image__QqkYz\" src=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=640,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png 640w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=750,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png 750w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=828,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png 828w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1080,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png 1080w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1200,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png 1200w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/total%20US%20debt%20Aug%2019%202026.png 1920w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg strategist Mark Cudmore\u00a0<strong>warned that a large fiscal injection<\/strong>\u00a0could intensify existing market pressures, including weaker Treasuries, dollar depreciation, and demand for commodities and other real assets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The general reaction from markets is very muted precisely as everyone sees almost zero chance of this happening. The US economy is strong and already at risk of running too hot, so pumping in so much extra fiscal stimulus when under funding pressure will exacerbate all the dynamics we&#8217;re already focused on in markets: weaker Treasuries, a depreciating dollar and a rush to commodities and real assets<\/strong>,&#8221; Cudmore said.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal also arrives as Trump acknowledges that significant\u00a0<strong>fuel-price relief may not come until after the midterms<\/strong>. The national average for gasoline remains above the politically sensitive $ 4-per-gallon level, while diesel prices are at record highs. Trump\u00a0<strong>also indicated that the Iran conflict could continue beyond the elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>approval rating is around 38%<\/strong>, according to reporting by The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png?itok=WSi6NVcP\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png?itok=WSi6NVcP\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NodeBody_image__QqkYz\" src=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=640,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png 640w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=750,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png 750w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=828,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png 828w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1080,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png 1080w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1200,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png 1200w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2026-09-10_07-12-20.png 1920w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"237\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance said that these proposed post-election direct payments to Americans could be\u00a0<strong>funded by revenue from Trump&#8217;s wide-ranging tariff program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/trump-floats-5000-stimmy-checks-every-us-adult-citizen-if-gop-holds-congress\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/trump-floats-5000-stimmy-checks-every-us-adult-citizen-if-gop-holds-congress<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79932"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79946,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79932\/revisions\/79946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}