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Adam Gabbatt

FOUND: Does trumps 5 000 dividend count as a bribe if we never get the money - What They Never Told You

Donald Trump raises his fists, mouth open, on stage at the Republican National Convention
Donald Trump was the liveliest he has appeared in months at the Republican midterm convention – no surreptitious naps this time. Photograph: Albert Pena/EPA

Hello, from the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, where on Wednesday night Trump definitely, definitely, did not try to bribe the American public into voting for his party in November.

Speaking for almost two hours at the American Airlines Center, Trump promised to pay every adult citizen in the US $5,000 if Republicans retain the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The speech felt very much like a desperate last pitch to voters: the electoral equivalent of a dumped boyfriend offering to take his estranged girlfriend on a mini-break to Venice.

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