Trump’s Latest Promise To Americans That’s Too Good Or Too Illegal To Be True

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4:09If, if, if, if, if, if, Republicans win, we all win. That's his promise. Democrats are calling it an empty promise. And we can explain why. Oh, yeah, I won't take too long to understand why. But Rob, this is fairly remarkable. What was I, I'm not sure when you, I didn't see it until this morning because we went to battle early before you made a speech down at the midterm convention down in Dallas. Just the idea of it. Before you took a dive into it, really, you hear President says $5,000 checks if Republicans win. My first instinct is, yeah, isn't that totally illegal to buy votes? You know what? That was my first thought to lose a legal one. Yeah. I think it's entirely illegal. Yeah. I think it's entirely illegal. I know. Let me say that everybody wins if we win. And remember that when you go to the voting booth in November because if Republicans win, you get $5,000. How in God's name is that legal?

5:12It might be actually and we will explain. Now, we also explain why some people roll their eyes, Rose, because this is the first time he promised something like this and many of us are still waiting on said checks. But last night, he said, Rose, as a part of, you have to explain this one to me. He said America is doing so well. We're bringing in so much money. So he's doing this as a dividend, like very much a company would that has big profit at the end of the year. You divided up amongst the people who have helped that company throughout the year. This is the idea that we have gotten so weak we are rolling in dough. But Rose, I remember some different reporting not too long ago about our deficit. Please help me make sense of that. Yeah, I believe that we have a $1.8 trillion deficit, something around there. Oh, that's we'd hit that every year, but they just, it was last month.

6:12We just did the report. $40 trillion, the first time this country has ever gone over the $40 trillion mark. So I hear that and then he says we're rolling in dough. We're in surplus. We have so much money. We don't know what to do with it all. So we're going to give it out to everybody. So why not go ahead? By the way, if you do the math, what is it? 250 adult citizens, $5,000 each. Another $1.2 trillion. About that. All right. And that's adding to the $1.8 trillion we're adding each year. There's that. Okay. He's saying it's the tariffs. Who's the legality is also hanging in the balance? Oh, we've already had to refund that money to a bunch of companies in a bunch of countries. But we've got new tariffs against Canada. That should bring in a lot of dough. Hey, they say we are rolling in it. So folks, you hear this. Who is, I guess the debate robs this morning is who's actually going to fall for this? Is there anyone out there, robs his base and independent or otherwise, that here's this

7:13and now, oh, I better get out there and run to the midterms because my $5,000 is coming and I better make sure these Republicans get in there or stay in there. Is anyone thinking this, he's going to deliver on this? Ah, yes. There are people who absolutely believe what the president tells him or her. And I do believe that we should be able to just on a, I don't know, on a, shouldn't we be able to trust what our leader tells us is going to happen? Shouldn't we be able to have some belief in what we hear from the elected leader of the United States of America? You're adorable. Shouldn't that be like a basic standard? Yes, but we are in different times. So robs last night, I'll play this here. I'm just going to play it. Forgive us. We're just going to play it from the phone. I didn't put it on the soundboard and everything else. So sorry, it's might be a little rough here, but this is a crowd. What have you seen in terms of the crowd?

8:14There have been a lot of, he's always big on how big the crowds are. They come to see him, but they were reports that this place isn't necessarily full. We've seen the pictures of it, but he's speaking in front of an audience. All I know is I saw nothing but American flags behind him as he was speaking that were strategically placed right behind him. Yes, these little boards, these little sandwich board signs of American flags just literally in a sea behind him. It was, it was effective. Okay. So with that in mind, folks, this is what the president said with the sea of American flags behind him. This is how he announced that we are all going to get $5,000.

9:18You know what? You going to Canada to spend the money? You know what? You going to China, to Germany. You got to spend the money in the United States of America. In other words, if the Republicans win, if you win, we might not win. The reason the Democrats can't do that is because they don't do tariffs, they don't take in money. Gold they know is poverty, not a ruin our country. But we're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000, it will be called the Trump dividend. We'll call it the Trump dividend. Congratulations. Congratulations. I didn't have to keep that in there, but I did. Congratulations. I have to. You're all winners. What? Democrats, just all they know is poverty and how to ruin the country. Are any politician, is there any American fighting for poverty and wanting to ruin the

10:19country? Is that kind of stuff that just, these are not good faith debates sometimes? Look, I mean, when you lump an entire group of people who don't think the way you do into one category and say they are all invested in poverty, they want to ruin the country, they hate our country. It's the same rhetoric he says and provides about journalists. We're all fake news. We all want to ruin the country. We all want to destroy each other. Obviously, if you take a step back, making wide sweeping generalizations, obviously that can't be true. None of that can actually be true. He says it in such a grandiose way. It's remarkable to me that people even cheer because how could that be true? Obviously, what he's saying makes no sense. What he's saying oftentimes is flat out false. And now he's making a promise that I think most people, if they actually really think about

11:22it, believe he can't possibly follow through on. Okay. So a couple of things there. One rose about the following through. He's probably not going to win anyway. I mean, can he make this promise because it's not looking good for Republicans keeping the house and the Senate? Can he just make this pledge knowing full and hell well? He won't ever have to deliver on it. Well, I think he actually thinks this might change the tide. He's, to me, this actually wreaks of desperation. I'm so desperate that we're not going to be able to maintain control of the House and Senate that I'm actually willing to actually dangle money and buy people's votes. Literally, that is what he's trying to do so that they can get a $5,000 check to me. That wreaks of desperation. You know, you just reminded me of a very funny line. I say funny, but this is how, ah, wow. Now, no, I'm going to have to find it.

12:24It was a funny, funny way that one of the articles broke down. Like in one line, in the opening line of their article, like he's, to your desperation point, like he's hoping people are going to be gullible enough. Yeah, to do this. I do feel like at some point, can we all just say that it's insulting? It's insulting that you actually think that we're sitting there like a dog going, please, please feed me. Give me some money and I'll believe you. When you tell me you're going to send me a check, like the checks in the mail, literally, but I'll bump that. If you vote for Republicans, we'll send you a check. First of all, the premise of that is outrageous. And I just don't understand how people aren't calling him on it within his own party. Like this isn't possible. No, instead we have congressmen saying, I'll go ahead and start the bill. Like yes. Bernie, right? Bernie Moreno.

13:24Bernie Moreno, who's been in headlines for lots of other reasons, namely his ex-Son-in-law, but the fact that he's right up there just saying, hell yeah, Mr. President, let's get it started. Let's get the ball rolling. Are you for real? Well, they're hoping this is going to play. Democrats have been having an affordability push saying, and they put it on the president. Look at you're paying more for your eggs, for your beef, for your this, for your gas. For your gas. You're paying more for everything because of this Iran war. They have, many will argue, been fairly effective in putting that message out there and blaming Republicans for it. It looks like they might take a beating here in the midterms. So this possibly robs gets him back on track with a message of, look, I'm trying to give you money. I'm trying to make things more affordable. But the only way I can do that is if you got to give me my guys and my gals in congress. So it could be a way to pick up a few votes in this race or that race. Is it really going to move a margin to save the house in the Senate form?

14:25No, but he's trying to get, he's trying to play on that thing that's on everybody's mind. Robes, gas is 427. It was four hours a month ago. Yeah. And a year ago, it had a three in front of it, or at least before the Iran war. And it was two ninety two. I was going to say in some places, even a two, was that the national average? It was two ninety eight. I mean, look, that is, we all know this by now. It's the economy stupid. And obviously midterm elections. If you look historically, whoever's in power, whoever has control, it flips because people are pissed off about the state of the economy almost always. And in this case, specifically with the war in Iran, it's undeniable. I mean, everyone knows that their grocery bills are higher. Everyone knows that their gas bills are significantly higher. And you face it. I have my 20 year old complaining to me and actually taking a job where they are paying her gas money because she's so upset about how much more her gas bill is costing her every week. That is when you've got a limited income, which a lot of Americans do, that is so painfully

15:31obvious that you are suffering because just driving to work to pay your bills, you now are at a deficit in a way you weren't a year ago, in a way you weren't two years ago. So he's to your point, Robes desperate. He's trying to speak to those folks who he knows good and how well are pissed at him for this Iran war, cost of their money on Iran war. They keep telling us, Robes, they were going to have a nuclear weapon in 10 minutes if he didn't strike. Nobody's buying it. Robes, these are probably, and a lot of them not showing up at the convention down there because they want to keep a distance. Susan Collins in the tight race, ain't she? Very much so. She is far from Texas. I mean, she is saying very far from Texas, but we talk about legalities. Oh, I found the line by the way, from political, this is just great. President Donald Trump just dropped a hot mess of a half-baked midterm promise in lawmakers laps. Oh, wow. That's a very well, yes, organized sentence there that packs a punch.

16:34Callin' Razor is the author. I want to give him credit. Drop the hot mess of a half-baked midterm promise in your lap. Deal with it. What are you supposed to do now? So your first question, everybody's first question. Is this legal? We'll stay here. We'll explain why it might be. The other thing though, even if it is legal, we have very recent evidence to suggest the president ain't sending you nothing. We manage work, kids, appointments, bills, basically we keep everything moving. So if someone steals our identity, the last thing we need is another full-time job filling out forms and chasing down accounts. I mean, it can take months to restore ID theft on your own. So what can you do? You get Life Lock. Life Lock's restoration specialists will do the hard work for you, because Life Lock truly protects your time, your name, and your identity. Get Life Lock at LifeLock.com and use promo code Amy for up to 30% off your first year.

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20:47Because when it comes to your health, who you listen to matters? Come to Health versus Hype on the IHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. Yes, we all heard it correctly. President Trump is promising if Republicans, when the midterms, meaning they keep control of the house in the Senate, every adult US citizen will be receiving a $5,000 check in the mail house that for an incentive to vote Republican, come November. Or even if you'll vote, you can just hope. Hopefully more people will vote for Republicans. No, but the big question, the big glaring obvious question is, is this legal and you are saying it might be? It might be, Robes. It might be perfectly legal. The federal rules don't allow you to offer expenditures of some kind in exchange for a vote

21:53or influencing somebody's vote. That seems pretty cut and dry. Seems like that would fall into that category. Here's the thing, Robes. It's that he is not asking for you to vote a certain way. He's not even asking for you to vote. Legally, strictly, very literally speaking, he only said, I'm going to give you the money if we win. But couldn't you argue that by saying that, you are influencing votes, period. You could. It seems obvious that that is a deliberate and direct attempt to influence a vote. You're not holding people to it. You're not saying if you don't, you don't get the money. But if you do and if enough people do, you will get the money. How would that not be influential? You got to take it up with the Supreme Court. This is one of those things. There isn't clear but already some legal analysts are putting in their two cents and saying, yes,

22:57because he didn't say vote for us and we will do this for you. He just said, if we win, we will do this. He didn't say anybody vote for us, vote for us, vote for Republicans. He didn't say it. So your point, you're 100% right, baby. Yes. Obviously, there is still an incentive there for folks to consider it maybe in a way that they wouldn't have otherwise now. The other part of this is, okay, say the Republicans, keep control of the House and Senate. They win the midterms. When's that chat coming? Never. Ever. Ever, ever. Apple, ever. If history is any indication. Very recent history. Rose, you remember, let's go back to Elon. He was first. He was doing how much money did they find? Doge made all those cuts to the federal government. Oh, yeah. He was given out $1 million checks. No, that was the Wisconsin thing. You remember, there was a race up there in Wisconsin. He was trying to influence in which he was saying, just sign up to vote and you're in

23:58a lottery to win a million out. He gave out several checks. He did. But right now, they are still battling over. Because that influences people's votes. Yes. The other thing was the doge cuts. He was in charge of doge. They found all this money they saved in the government. And what did they say? We're going to send rebate checks to all those rebate checks. They never came. Anyone talking about the rebate checks? Asking about the rebate checks. Rebeach checks aren't coming. And then there were the tariffs. Very excited about this. We're getting all this money in tariffs. He's going to spread the wealth, baby. We didn't get those checks. Where did those checks never come? Let's check. Where are those checks? Those checks aren't happening. They're not coming. These were very recent, very as high profile promises he's made about rebate checks that simply went away. Now the other promise he made about babies born, they got $1,000 in a Trump fund, that has happened. So I just wanted to at least give him credit for that. He did establish that.

24:59He did announce that. And it does appear that it is going on and it does exist. And that does help families. Oh, for sure. So that, I just wanted to give that nod. He did make that promise. And he did follow through on that. What they call Trump accounts? Trump accounts. And he's a Trump dividends. What's in a name? What's in a name? Trump dividends. But yeah, everybody is buzzing. We'll be talking about this today at least. And Robes, that maybe is the point. We're talking about something else. We didn't do a full expose on the Iran War today and the morning run. We talked about this. And that's what he wanted. This is what he wanted. And look, it's important to point out. We already heard JD Vance try to walk it back a little and say, well, the wealthiest Americans probably wouldn't be eligible for these $5,000 checks. So already we're starting to get some stipulations. He said the only caveat, by the way, the president you heard him there was that you had to spend

26:01the money in the United States. So JD Vance already added another caveat. If you earn a certain amount, you might not be eligible. But let's go back to Trump's caveat. How in the hell would he ever police that? That is a silly, silly thing to say. You couldn't give someone $5,000. Now you're going to spend how many, how much resources tracking, how people spend that money? You can't possibly. You can't possibly. I'm trying to think of any way you could do that. You have to have just certain companies you could buy from or something or some kind of card or a debit card. You get like a debit card that's only allowed to be spent. How do you have those controls on a card? Home Depot cards? I don't know how you do this. This is not going to happen. And yes, JD Vance in his role as vice president, he is the let me explain in chief. Every time Trump says something, he has to go out and soften the blow a little bit. God level. But he had to do it once again. And again, we fell for it. Right, Robes?

27:02Talking about something else. Let me hit you with this. So you all have to forget about this. Don't talk about gas prices. Don't talk about the cost of the grocery store items that you purchase every week. Let's talk about you getting $5,000. And I'm looking up. Don't talk about me not going to New York for 9-11 anniversary. Talk about anything else. You going to check. You going to check. You going to check. Yeah. If it was Oprah, I would believe it. I don't buy. All right, folks. We appreciate just always. I'm TJ. That's Robes. We'll talk to you all soon. We manage work, kids, appointments, bills. Basically, we keep everything moving. So if someone steals our identity, the last thing we need is another full-time job, filling out forms and chasing down accounts. I mean, it can take months to restore ID theft on your own. So what can you do? You get life lock. Life lock's restoration specialists will do the hard work for you. Because life lock truly protects your time, your name, and your identity.

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