Trump announces a promise to give $5,000 to every American if Republicans maintain the majority in Congress

US President Donald Trump said that he is not concerned that his promise to give $5,000 to every American, if Republicans maintain their majority in Congress, will affect the country's budget deficit.

Trump told reporters, Thursday evening, before leaving Dallas for Washington, D.C., in response to a question about whether he had any concerns that the payments would affect the budget deficit: “No, I am not at all concerned about that. We have tremendous growth.”

On Wednesday evening, Trump pledged to pay $5,000 to every adult in America if Republicans maintain their majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate during the midterm elections scheduled for November, in an exceptional offer that comes as part of his efforts to maintain his party’s control over Congress.

Trump did not provide details about how to finance such a move, which he likened to companies distributing profits to shareholders, and to the additional checks of $1,776 that his administration issued to members of the armed forces last year.

US Vice President J.D. Vance hinted on Thursday that customs duties might be a source of funding for this promise.

“First, what the president is talking about is basically dividends to American workers,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News during the Republican National Convention for the midterm elections. “We are making an extraordinary amount of revenue because the president of the United States is actually standing up to foreign companies, as well as foreign countries that have exploited American workers.”

Vance added: "It's really about the president of the United States saying that we are all working together; we are on one team, and if we continue to create wealth, that wealth will benefit the American people."