Trump’s $5,000 pledge to voters is a shameless bribe | Steven Greenhouse

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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…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:00:17 UTC.

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