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The Presidency Is Not a Campaign Slush Fund
A Promise With a Partisan Price Tag
Donald Trump has repeatedly tied a proposed $5,000 “Trump dividend” to Republican victories in the House and Senate, according to the reporting, telling supporters it would “happen 100 percent” if enough voters backed the GOP. The same account says he told a North Carolina crowd that further FEMA aid depended on electing a Republican senator, then characterized that remark as a joke.
That framing matters more than the sales pitch. Trump is not merely describing a policy he hopes Congress might…
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