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Mass skepticism on Trump’s $5,000 ‘bribe’ for midterm elections

US President Donald Trump’s offer of $5,000 to every adult citizen in return for a Republican sweep in the national midterm elections has provoked massive skepticism and criticism.

Ramin Mazaheri 
Press TV, Washington DC


US President Donald Trump’s offer of $5,000 to every adult citizen in return for a Republican sweep in the national midterm elections has provoked massive skepticism and criticism.

Many say it’s effectively a bribe and that it tries to take advantage of a population wracked by years of plummeting purchasing power. Ramin Mazaheri has more from Washington DC.