Trump's $1 Trillion Dividend Plan Ramps Up Midterm Stakes

Nine days remain before the midterms. President Donald Trump is hitting Michigan roads while Barack Obama and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mobilize Democrats for the same fight. A Justice Department lawsuit now clouds the Alaska Senate race. This legal battle adds pressure to a contest everyone watches closely.

Trump set the stakes high at a Saturday night rally in Georgia. He offered a $5,000 dividend to every adult American if Republicans win both chambers of Congress. Democrats winning control would bring what he called a 1929-style economic depression. The plan is known as the Trump dividend. It costs about $1 trillion overall. Trump claims tariffs and domestic growth will pay for it all. Married couples get $10,000 combined under this spending rule.

"If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate," he said at the event. "I'm going to give all adult citizens in the United States, man and wife, separately – in other words, double $5,000." There is a catch though. You must spend the money inside the United States. Trump argued only unified Republican leadership can keep historic economic gains alive. He warned of disaster if Democrats take power instead.

"If the Democrats win," he stated plainly. "In my opinion, and I hope I'll be wrong," you will have a 1929-style economic depression the likes of which you have never seen before." His attack broadened to culture and borders too. He accused Democrats of pushing taxes up by $5 trillion. They also want to open the southern border. Trump said they support transgender policies in schools and sports. He highlighted his standing with Hispanic voters. Border communities share his focus on strict enforcement. They also care about economic opportunity.

Trump now goes toe-to-toe with Obama over Michigan's Senate seat. He framed this race as a referendum on him versus the former President. "Obama was a grossly incompetent President!" Trump wrote early Sunday morning on Truth Social. "He paid off Iran with $Billions," he claimed. That deal gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon too. "He said that Crooked Hillary Clinton was going to WIN," Trump added. He campaigned hard for her campaign. She lost in all directions and ways instead.

Obama then campaigned full out for Kamala Harris as well. Likewise, she lost the election too. Now Obama campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed. Trump says Michigan will reject these arrogant Democrats. They have destructive policies that hurt people. "Now he's campaigning for a Muslim Brotherhood Jihadist," Trump claimed on Truth Social. The candidate hates Jews and Blacks and AMERICANS and TRUMP. He is going to lose, also.

Trump called him a Fake Doctor too. This person runs what is considered the WORST CLINIC IN AMERICA. I won Michigan BIG before that time. I have brought back the Car Industry too. The Air Force Base is home again. Everything else has improved as well. There are more jobs than ever before in this state. Michigan doesn't want an arrogant Open Borders leader. Their reputation will only get worse over time. More information gets revealed each day. And there's plenty of it waiting to come out.

Trump threw his weight behind Mike Rogers. He is a moderate Sen.-nominee from Michigan currently seeking the seat. "VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS!" he concluded with confidence. He promised voters that this candidate will never let you down in office.

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska holds her Senate seat only because of the setup, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social late Saturday night. He claimed she survived solely due to the Ranked Choice Voting scam. According to his post, opponents have tried to remove her from office for years until she found this specific voting method to pull a hot iron out of the fire. Everyone assumed she would finish second or third, yet she won anyway. Trump called these miracles.

He labeled Murkowski the worst Republican senator in history. He stated that Alaska is a state he has produced billions and billions of dollars for on a continuing basis. He argued that Joe Biden and the Democrats totally shut down this state until he returned to deliver even more money. Now, he said, she is upset because he revealed what everyone knows: the Ranked Choice Voting ballot is a total Democrat scam meant to confuse voters. Trump insisted Senator Dan Sullivan would lose votes to Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., who has never participated in politics before. He claimed Democrats want this man there to steal the election and that Murkowski probably wants that to happen too. That explains why she opposes the Department of Justice filing a lawsuit to stop what he calls an impending crime and tragedy.

Trump said he delivered for Alaska at historic levels, noting that nobody has seen anything like it. All he asks is for a fair and honest senatorial election. He called Murkowski a disgrace to Alaska and the country, adding you just do not get any worse. He hoped the great people of Alaska understand what is happening. The Democrats are trying to steal this important Republican seat, and if they succeed, everything done for Alaska will come to an immediate halt. Trump urged voters to vote yes against ranked choice voting on Ballot Measure 2 to save Alaska.

This renewed broadside from Trump arrives as national Republicans closely monitor the high-stakes Senate race in Alaska between two-term incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan and former Rep. Mary Peltola. The contest serves as one of several battlegrounds that could determine the balance of power in the Senate. It has drawn heightened scrutiny because of Alaska's open-primary and ranked-choice general election process. This system previously allowed Peltola to win a special and regular election for the state's at-large House seat in 2022. It also enabled Murkowski to defeat a Trump-backed challenger.

Early voting is underway now, and the race is expected to come down to thin margins. Trump's comments underscore lingering conservative frustration with Alaska's voting rules as both parties fight down to the wire for every seat in the chamber. Meanwhile, GOP Sen. Jon Husted warns that Senate control runs through Ohio. He blasted Sherrod Brown on border issues and energy policy. Husted took direct aim at his challenger, former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, blaming liberal economic and energy policies for driving up consumer costs and forcing power plant closures.

Husted told a late-night Saturday rally on his statewide bus tour to Batavia, Ohio, that he has the responsibility to win the Senate race likely going to determine who keeps the majority in the Senate. He emphasized how razor-thin margins will decide control of the chamber. Husted urged voters to resist campaign fatigue and mobilize their personal networks in the final stretch of the race. He asked them directly if they were going to fight for him. With just over a week until Election Day, Ohio Republicans brought their statewide bus tour to Batavia for a late-evening rally. Headliners Vivek Ramaswamy and incumbent Sen.

Jon Husted from Ohio wrapped his campaign stops with appeals focused on everyday finances, cultural safety, and getting out the vote at local polling places. He painted the election as a make-or-break moment for the entire nation and its state legislature. Ramaswamy leaned into his deep ties to Cincinnati before hitting his main promises: cracking down hard on crime, ending sanctuary city policies, and delivering what he called the biggest property tax relief package in Ohio history. He framed the statewide race as a stark choice between two worldviews.

"It is common sense versus communism: That is the choice," Ramaswamy said.

In Texas, another Bush family member took an unexpected path. Neil Bush threw his support behind Democrat James Talarico for the U.S. Senate. The son of George H.W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush explained on Facebook that he had never posted political messages before to avoid offending friends with different views. But today changed things.

"I have never posted a political message on Facebook, not wanting to offend friends whose views may be very different than mine. I'm breaking that tradition because I voted early today, and I voted for James Talarico for the United States Senate," Neil Bush wrote Tuesday. His reasons were clear: worry over Ken Paxton's record and respect for Talarico's character.

Bush broke with a long-standing Republican family tradition to back the Democrat. Former President George W. Bush has kept friendly ties with Democratic ex-presidents, yet his bond with Donald Trump remains frayed since 2016. That rift deepened after Trump attacked Jeb Bush and mocked their mother, Barbara Bush.

"I believe Donald Trump and those who have enabled him have done enormous damage to the Republican Party," Neil Bush added. He worries about a political culture where loyalty to a person outweighs loyalty to principle, where power goes unchecked. Losing a seat in Texas, the largest red state, could seal Trump's legacy for his final years in office since Paxton is backed by the president.

This report comes from Fox News Digital's Ashley J. DiMella.

Karoline Leavitt told reporters that President Trump refuses to back down despite tough midterms. She spoke this week in an interview at her home in New Hampshire, saying the president stays defiant and optimistic while Republicans fight to hold their narrow House and Senate majorities. History often shows parties losing ground when they control Washington during midterm cycles.

The GOP faces extra pressure from inflation visible at grocery stores, high gas prices linked to an unpopular war with Iran, and falling approval ratings for Trump. This is a full report by Paul Steinhauser of Fox News Digital.

Legal trouble looms over the Alaska Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola. The Justice Department sued to block certification, arguing voters could get confused by two candidates with similar names. A Daniel J. appears on the ballot alongside Dan Sullivan, creating potential complications that might delay final results.

President Donald Trump ordered the administration directly to file a lawsuit over the ranked-choice ballot system. He made this move personally. Alaska courts had already turned down requests to take the second Sullivan off the list, and state officials insist that party labels clearly separate the candidates. This Senate race draws intense attention nationwide because its result might decide who controls the chamber.

Former President Barack Obama and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are stepping in during the final days of the midterm campaign. They aim to show if progressive energy can turn into actual votes. Democrats hope this strategy will help them win in places they usually struggle with. Obama spoke in Ohio and Michigan on Saturday. He attacked President Trump while defending Abdul El-Sayed against Republican attacks about his name, faith, and political views. Ocasio-Cortez has also visited Michigan, Maine, Ohio, California, and Nevada for Democrats. She brought large crowds of young voters and progressives to her events. Her tour tests whether her national support can help Democrats win outside traditional liberal areas. The outcome could shape her standing before a potential 2028 presidential run.

President Trump is heading to Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday. Republicans need him there to hold their Senate seat. He will speak at 3 p.m. ET inside McMorran Place Arena. This rally supports Mike Rogers against Abdul El-Sayed in one of the most watched contests in the country. Obama held a Detroit rally for El-Sayed and Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, on Saturday. With nine days left before Election Day, both sides are sending their biggest names to get people out to vote in this key battleground state.