{
  "id": 7764653,
  "title": "Trump’s $5,000 pledge to voters is a shameless bribe | Steven Greenhouse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/trumps-5-000-pledge-to-voters-is-a-shameless-bribe-steven-greenhouse",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/16/trumps-5000-pledge-to-voters-is-a-shameless-bribe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to Steven Greenhouse, Donald Trump's pledge to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans maintain control of the House and Senate is a \"shameless bribe\". Greenhouse contends that the plan would cause significant economic harm and suggests that Trump assumes people are easily deceived.\n\nThe former president's speech was rife with \"lies and self-serving exaggerations\", so when he made a true statement, it was remarkable. Last Wednesday's Republican midterm convention saw Trump declare: \"Only I can make this promise to you.\" This promise was, as Greenhouse notes, \"shameless and irresponsible\", but it was indeed true.",
  "summary": "Not only would the plan do vast economic damage – it assumes that Americans are easily bamboozled Whenever Donald Trump gives a speech, it’s filled with so many lies and self-serving exaggerations that when he does utter something true, I see that as a sort of marvel. That’s what happened nearly an hour into Trump’s marathon speech last Wednesday at the Republican midterm convention, when he…",
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        "title": "Trump’s $5,000 pledge to voters is a shameless bribe | Steven Greenhouse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/trumps-5-000-pledge-to-voters-is-a-shameless-bribe-steven-greenhouse-7764739",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:00:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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