WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reaffirmed his pledge to give $5,000 to every adult in the United States, linking the proposal directly to Republican control of Congress after the November elections. The plan would reach roughly 240 million adult citizens at an estimated cost of $1.2 trillion.

Trump made the case while visiting his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, arguing the country takes in enough revenue to absorb the cost. "We're taking in so much money," Trump said. "We can easily handle that."

He contrasted his party's fiscal capacity with Democrats, saying they "can't make that pledge because it would all go to hell right away, we'd go into a depression."

Any direct payment to citizens requires congressional approval. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, acknowledged the challenge. "Of course, the devil's in the details," Johnson said on CNN. "We have to figure all that out."

Democratic leaders rejected the idea outright. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called it not a "serious proposal" on ABC's This Week. Democrats across Sunday morning talk shows dismissed the concept.

Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno threw his weight behind it. "I will get a bill ready so that we can get the Trump Dividend passed immediately after the November 3rd election," Moreno wrote on social media.

The proposal arrives as the U.S. national debt topped $40 trillion for the first time in August. The federal government spent approximately $7 trillion in fiscal year 2025, adding roughly $2 trillion to the national debt.

Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warned of the fiscal toll. "The plan would result in a huge spike in the deficit, and almost certainly in the inflation rate," Goldwein wrote on X.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, attacked Trump sharply. "After making you sicker and poorer with his war, Donald Trump now wants to buy your vote with $5,000 in taxpayer-funded blood money," Newsom said. He called Trump "the most corrupt man ever to occupy the Oval Office."

Trump first touted the plan last week at a rally in Texas. The proposal's fate depends entirely on Republican victories in both chambers in November.