Donald Trump announced during the Republican Party's Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, that he would deposit $5,000 (R$25,500) into each American adult's account if the Republican Party maintains control of the Senate and the House in next month's elections. The former president called the payments "Trump dividends" without offering further explanations about how this would be carried out.
The article uses a hypothetical comparison to demonstrate the gravity of the announcement, questioning how much of an uproar would be made if Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made a similar promise during a PT event in Brazil. The comparison aims to highlight the public mockery of the democratic process represented by Trump's proposal.
The analysis describes the announcement as an obvious attempt at bribery and a new mockery of democracy. The text also mentions that Trump celebrated the announcement "as if the vote of Americans in November were an investment made in one of the companies he commanded," referring to the former president's companies that went bankrupt. The article states that the announcement laid bare Trump's desperation, although the text appears to be truncated at that point.
